The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-14
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By B. c. MOoMAW.

By B. C. MOOMAW.
Ell for the Tcrccntcnary Celebration at jamestown
May 10, 1000
Where peril Tired, or glory beckoned on,
There wanted not the following OF the brave, .
TO venture dauntless where world is won
Or else the grand old ocean for grave
But vain the angry sea if heaven ordan
Her chosen ones to pass the tossing main.
We winds and waves that swanton DER the Deep
Der all the mighty waste from shore to shore,
Wild winds and wild, relentless waves that keep
With feeble man no covenant OF yore,
Yet are We lcasked to bring that wandering band
With sure provision to the virgin land.
Thus to the generous haven of these Shores
Seed Of mighty nation yet to be;
Anointed hands to fling eternal doors
Wide for the marching hosts of liberty;
For 10 the land Ser which their flag unfurled
Filled all the West and rounded out the world
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And vet, unconscious of the splendid part
To them assigned by destiny or fate,
Alone who turneth yet the human heart
Made them the founders Of mighty State,
Destined forever and day to be
The final refuge of humanity.
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Yea, more than refuge, for behold the rise
OF human progress glorihes the hour,
And To-! we see beneath our western skies
That birth anew to knowledge and to power
Sung by the bards Who since the world began,
Proclaimed the coming majesty of man.
A vivid light llumes the tragic page
A hero rises to eternal fame,-
q strong, true man, and every coming age
Shall add its praise to his immortal name.
And still another scarcely less inspires
The rhythmic ardor of poetic Tyres.
Wild flower OF the primal wood, thou famed,
Gentle Diana Of the forest glen,
Like the sweet fragrance of the rose that famed
Upon the helmets of heroic men,
So shall thy name descend to future days,
And 50 our reverent hearts proclaim thy praise.
Thus sheltered by the Arbiter on high,
Who for each noble task appoints the day,
They fought their fight and laid their arnor by,
They lived their fleeting lives, and passed away;
And yet behold their mission in the EARTH
To bring the ages to a nobler birth.
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For, mark We we'll, no continent awaits
Behind yet other seas where may flee
Should the conspiracy Of evil fates
Destroy the temple Of our liberty.
No more forever may the worlds oppressed
Find refuge iii some undiscovered west.
Here must we stand and resolutely face
The final wage of battle for mankind,
Solve every problem, justify the race,
And leave the record Of its woes behind;
Meet foul corruption with a noble rage,
And usher in at length the Golden Age.
The cycles Of the long, pathetic past
Present their solemn sequel at our door,
And in our pregnant times behold at last
The summing lip Of all the world before;
Ring out the call for stalwart men to stand
The mighty pillars of our native land.
Oil Comrades all nor North, nor South, nor West
Nor pent-up soul, nor narrow partisan,
But patriots all, the noblest and the best
A host, victorious, marching in the van
Ofhuman hopc,-Americans, arise.
Create at length the western paradise!
Three hundred years? lis but our rising morn
A Joy sublime exalts the radiant West;
Seems but an hour since world was born,
An infant world upon her ample breast