Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-03

The Grecan artist zeuxis when he made A certain picture for temple, stayed His hand. till he some pretty girls could sec. He chose five models, fair as fair can be, But of these would not remove her veil. As their charms he painted, in detail, His Helen, and when this put in place, And connoisseurs looked at it. face to face, received with rapturous delight; though it most pleasing to the sight, zeuxis himself found fault with it, he said Because it lacked the blush of the yelled maid So lovely ladies' you must not forget You're loveiest when like the violet
 And Norwich gentlemen you now greet,
 now. former friends, we're glad to meet t You have faithful many things
 And~yours will be the joy such service brings
 We praise you for your great achievements here
 And hope you'll have good cause to fear Effects injurious to life and health,
 Of greed, maddenng pursuit of wealth.
 for wealth, eager love of gain
 aims for vanity and ends in pain
 Perchance, you've heard the wonderful old tale
 Of Atalanta, who girl hale
 beautiful, and wthal fleet and strong,
 And sought in marriage, frequently and long
 She told each that he might aspire
 To gain, by racing with her, his desire he should and lose she'd take his life
 But if he won, she would become his wife,
 To run with her, exposed to such a fate,
 Might make the bodest even, hesitate
 Still, many ran sank with loss of breath.
 And then with dart she pierced them to ther deatn At length, lured by her charms, Hppomenes
 With golden apples from Hesperides,
 his stand beside her, and then began The struggle but OCT the track they ran,
 He saw twas unequal one to them,
 And he must try win by stratagem
 So, as he found his vigor failing fast,
 And he would soon be hopeessly surpassed.
 He threw aside apple, first but one
 Amazed, for it, while he ran on
 again repeated and again.
 this vanquisher of men,
 soif we lured by gold the straight way ahun
 wen lose the ought, on earth to run The horologe of Norwich strikes this time With a melodious and gladstone chime, And prithee what does it prognosticate Shall be- n years. this citys state? It now enjoys the best the ancients had. And has, may be, less of what is bad Nay, it enjoys that is great and grand The usufructs of peace, on sea and land It's beautiful now, prospero us and 1ree' But what last will be it's destiny? Ahi of us will then be here to see, Unless imperceptibly Today, it wears garland on it's brow But will one fifty years from now! It scorns today to sycophants to bow will it do so, fifty years from now? It sails on with Vgor at the prov, But will it do so, fifty years from now? I cannot tell but surely there will be Then the three-hundredth anniversary. And meanwhile, if it truly serves its Lord, And venerates and keeps His Holy Word, It will enlarge it's boundaries, and be More beautiful and prosperous and free And will in times fifty years from this Be multiplied, oft times, in size and bliss The Bible 'tis that has the greatest weight In making states cities strong and great In commendation of it, let me tell This story, and then bid you all tarewetk
 In fair Geneva by the lake is
 A picture on which travellers have been
 Accustomed earnestly to look and look, Fen as looks into curious book
 The ample shows pair of scales
 Contrived for daily in storehouse sales;
 One balance holds great things of heavy Welsnt
 Or what thought are such, at any rate
 The other holds Bible black and small
 Which slowly pulls them up and outweighs all.
 Though Satan firmly holds the formers chain,
 And at it tugs with all his might and man
 So may the Bible weigh, in all this town
 And as an open book, be handed down.
 Until the angel stands earth and sea,
 And swears by Heav n, time shall no longer be!