The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-05
Then ring your vesper song to me
c. sunset bells Of Trinity.

become il fact ana in sentiment a.
part Of the nation. It would mono
its heroes along with those who fought
on the other side. The debate in the
senate over the nature to be erected
to Lee in Washington came as q shock
to many, marked, as It was, Oy Dit
ter opposition from certain senator's.
The Dream Of Lee and Lincoln" was
published In reply to this Opposition
It appeared in the Outlook and else
where az the expression OF the rue
feeling OF the South.
The years have wrought their miracle:
America Is one:
Tho dream Of Lee and Lincoln, out
OF light and shadow spun,
Has come to long fuifllHent n thea:
shining task Is done,
Our dead are not forgotten: We keep
vigil o'er he4r dust,
We sing their deeds In deathless song
and hold their fame q trust
Till Time, the final Judge, shall write
a Judgment that is just.
But America, our mother OF the sor-
row-chastened soul,
H2S called and We are coming from
the years Of bitter dole.
"Forgiye and forgiven" writ across the
darkened scroll.
And to her field Of battle where the
light and night oppose.
Where wrong and right are marshall
ing their lines Of ancietn foes.
We follow where Americas out
streaming banner goes.
And marching to tho star-sown Tag
this song Of war we sing:
"The sword Of Lee to battle for Amer
lea we bring,
And ~Jackson's rankers answer where
her far-blown bugies ring.
And when upon that battlefield the
victory is thine,
When high above the death of Wrong
thy blazoned stars shall shine.
Look thou TOR us, America, along the
foremost line"
A few days after the death OF
Charles Brantley Aycock. North Caro-
lina's educational governor" was
published the poem dedicated to him.
Governor Aycock had made his chief
political issue the rouSing Of the State
to the improvement OF its educational
system. He earned the lasting graft
tude OF his fellow citizens by this edu-
cational campaign hat has been off,
lowed by such notable progress. Mr.
| A0AA AdiAA nay "CAl 4C0AC1Su LII EA4A
ment OF lasting gratitude in his North
Carolina to Charles Brantley Aycock":
Come rest within my mother-arms.
my son.:
The night has come; the days long
work is done:
So nobIy done that I shall stand to
keep
An endless vigil DER thy mortal sleep.
For thou didst know my need, my
bitter dole:
Didst catch the vision Of my greater
soul,
And all the love OF thy brave spirit
give
To make that shining prophet-vision
For me thy soul was as a banner
A morning busle vas thy golden ton
IA
Whose ringing challenge to the reign
Of Night
Led on my Dawn's embattled hosts of
light.
So long as my w sovereign name is
AS shines my star upon the flag star
SOWn,
Thy name shall live a deathless mem
DRY.
An heir to thine own Immortality.
When marble onume and braze1
bust
Shall crumble back again to fornless
dust
; Thy name, de~ep-graved in loves I'm.
). failing art.
Shall still be written on my children:
,, heart.
In "T1ree Workers." now for tlt
first time published. We nave q reflec.
ton Of the poets years OF teaching q
Trinity. The poem Is an outgrowth Of
the experience Of those years and al
expression Of their ideal. Closely con
nected in the source Of it's inspiration
with THE Bells of Trinity" it goe!
beyond h bounds Of occasional verse
e and in it the writer treats in poetica