Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-23

\ stately castle old of MASSEY stone.
stout Castle Youth, the which Life's
deeper woes
Had scarce come Might ween all bu
unknown
The greater world to those, secluded
grown
From childhood =. rtll that honored pile
OF comrades be-; vet oft the waking
moan
Of ocean rcs,i s. -, .hc distant strand
from Faith. Ia u
Some years agonr rs II. IT, hall they lay
OF evening bleak. Def - t.r hcarth-los'
glow,
\ wandering minstrel W :,ricd of his way
Enticccd by cheer beneath the archway
Had softly entered. and with accents
a mystic legend told while in a throng
The lads deep crowded round, and eyes
did grow
With wonder-lght and youthful interest
strong.
TO hear this simple burden of his olden
song.
In some cline near that Graded sea,
Whereby the ancient raAe did bi1e,
There lies empowered DER Il lea
"A hidden shrine; mehap beside
That lake where sage 'TritOniS rose.
In Sargons cline past which the tide
OF ages like the Nile-strcam flows.
Or yet in classic lands of knowledge wide.
Hard hy the shrine a crystal rll
Soft murmurs To the sluggish air
There resting one may quaff his fill
OF solace deep, Truths vision rare.
Famed Wisdom's Muse with matchess
grace.
Broods by the pool and from his lair
a monster Ignorance with face
Repelant, ever watchful guards with care.
In praise thrice dccm'd best he he
Who Stays the dragon frees the Muse,
OF Lcthic waters ouaifs. whence Nee
Dark -bodinG sorrows: hopes cnthusn
The sluggish breast. and darkness vail
nispclls as fade the rainbow hucS
In waning light: nor can Ger fail
The pilgrim who, resolved, the quest
purSllcS.
So seeking Notwithstanding to infuse.
Sang thus the Grant bard his GREATNESS
tale:
And youths with purpose iixt did
straightway choose
A young Prince Virtue, leader strong
Then lirluly sworc by mutual VOWS to sail
A pilgrimage: and long ere dawn did ope
The c,,rtained east. they quickly tried
avail
Themselves n gallant Sni". when cIei
ished hope.
to cope.
Their trusty Keel borne on the hroastinE
tide
And gently urged by sail-compclling
breeze.
Forsook the homeland while the crew
To see The dilnlning margc sink meath
the seas.
But long ere wanin" of the years de-
degrees,
They passed where mighty Atlas first up
Ills crushing burden over bending knees
Where bright Sran-land divides from
with Vastly riin dark frowning DER tho
neither shore.
Past Actncan rock where strange Siieuus
rpon In. fcll-rycd Cyclops did attend:
Thence borne on 'rentler seas the vessel
stout
Drew nigh the Afric land. whi' once
did send
The Holuish state ere vengeance al De
That city old great Carthage feed tc
cantivn knee. when Scipio d, qucll
Her land and DER the site ms purhlhe
pillow compel.
What rccks the soiourn of that Pilgrim
In LANDS Nun,idic or by Egvpts stream
Where serpent Queen beSnled will
lavish hand
The hours winging sweet as summer
- theme?
Enough 'twcrc said. the Youths could no'
The time mis-spent though for fair Wis
dom'S cline. - ,,o:,
Their quest here failing. turned then
hopeful dream
To Acia rising on the brink of Time.
A mother nourishing of influence subilme
There Law land subdued with misty
Where sometime famous Persian poet
Daen rendered DER the stars and scan
ned the flight .,e. >,
, Of cycIiny wears youth speeding swift u
The meaning to reveal: but on ms pas'
, Hath writ 'The flower once down ioi
ever dies -, .;oe oss,,aye>
Vet some [beguiled by tenets wherein ! 8
Remorse. itoo long here fingered ana Gus
dained to rise.
A richGr heritage those lands that Iact
| Thr .:.s.ern sun have Hung aoo"h III
q =; -. VIII, empires crumbling, CAV
10 P Wastorn cords. where Progress
p;rtbplace Of seers and of prophets al