Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-29

Acadian songs still here reverho
Wha era Legends fan upon the ear
sweet and clear; > waters Sparkle,
'''e m snr'ii the partridge calls unto Ii.
''''e etnoes reach from Madawask,.,
Ah1 cb Mlliinoekets mem-ries come q
Here ns smiling streams in radian, ru,.o
All green Aroostook's charms 10 coli.
hatahdin sits in purple robes cnwr,n,,
ana rules his subjects-rivers, lakes i'nd
While day with fragrance all bic
Piles fills ms tenn
Inc mountain mountain is with heecy cloud-crown
The fertile batn banks banks. which crystal streams
Lead TO his courts. The wood,.,,
music thrills "'ouiahd
untii with set Of sun the chorus stiI,y
And night-wnds on their tree-to ~ drums hu,,s
have tapped! p VI 0hls
Majestic monarchs of the forest tboso
gigantic pines and cedars archjnp o'cr "
Dehsc undefgrowth from which tho
ploverS soar; '"o
Where startled deer flee crasbino -
the trees iAons
Where moose and caribou their thirst an
pease; y
Where eagles guard their young amid
OF tcmpests, or when noontida 80,
beams pour
Their glories through the leafy canopies,
Like turquoise-jewels clasped to emerald
Thy lakes flash out the lights Of rain
bow hues,
Reflected in their depths are heavens
Aurora's blazory and daylight's wane;
What pictures these, IN sunshine or in
raini :
Kaleidoscope are the magic views
As opalescent tints the scene suffuse:
What lambert mirrors are the lakes OF
Maine.
Impatient flies the crow at early morn.
With strident cav the silence oft he
AS toward the clearing-fiel his course
he takes
To join his fellows in the rustlng corn;
He greets the scarecrow with a note of
ScOrn;
His work Of plundering he neer for
SakeS
Until the farmers ply their busy rakes
And then returns at sound of dinner
horn!
Enchanted forest! Fancy lends thee
spriteS
Which sport amidst thy dense and dim
arcadeS
And hold high carnival within thy
gladeS
Here Puck. with girdle. keeps Midsummer
Nights,
And with the fireflies all the spaces lights:
He calls his fairies from their ambus-
cades,
With leaves he many emerald chaplets
brads.
And decks each scene with myriad new
delights.
Thoreau thrice sat at Natures bounteous
board
AS spread within these woods. primevaI.
vast,
And here those joyful holidays wers
In gathering gems from rich and plente-
Gus board:
To him each tree, each flOw'r. each bird,
full stored
With grace and beauty in Gods models
cast,
Had with Humanity their tics made
His thoughts from Nature to her Maker
SCARED.
Life giving waters Sush from mountain
Health bears it's benson on every
breeZei r,-, .,v..-..3 " r..,.,.f,-
Here Sorrows hurts find magical sur
cease:
t.XllItant JOY IN every BOSOM SINGS,
Reside our paths are bea utcous offerings
Which bud and bloom at Summers
sweet DEGREES;
Here Cares dense veil is lifted and one
sees
The simple charms which Nature broad
cast filings.
Acadian maidens turn thy spinning
wheels
And wear thy Norman caps. as in old
days:
Sing still thy sweet and most melodious
lays
And may thy laughter ring in joyous
peals,
And when the air Of "Roulant' softly
steals
Upon the serses as when music stays
Its spell upon the soul with mystic
ways,
What bright new hope its every strain re-
veals.
Grand wilderness! with freshness still
believed,
Untrodden ways you from the spoiler
wreSt
And keep from vanddl hands your rich
| est, best;
| Eternal youth dwclls in your solitude,
| Here one may find his faith and hope re-
newed,
Here flow the living streams of peace
and rest,
While you with Man the risht-of-way
contest
| He loves you most who has your will sub
dued.
Dexter Smith in Boston Transcript