Old Homestead Poems
- ISBN-10
- 1230269126
- ISBN-13
- 9781230269122
- Pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- Theclassics.Us
- Author
- Wallace Bruce
Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...the legend of Albion's youth, When stranger than legend or fiction is truth? We live among wonders, and ask not the why. God speaks in the present as well as the past; The pillar of fire still flames in the sky, For the Cromwells and Zwingles that triumph at last; The stars in their courses still fight in the van Of freedom and progress, the triumph of man. The Wisconsin War Eagle. 89 When the fair Southern sky grew black, and the storm Of dissension and strife its swift thunder-bolts hurled; When the words of Calhoun took on logical form, And the stars faded out from our banner unfurled--Say, whose was the spirit embodied in thee, "Old Abe" of Wisconsin, proud bird of the free? I answer: A hero whose soul never swerved From honesty, liberty, duty, and right; Who knew but one creed--a Union preserved, Enduring forever in glory and might; I answer, with reason, that Eagle might be The spirit of Jackson from old Tennessee. For the fathers who nurtured Columbia's life, And watched o'er the cradle when freedom was born, In the darkness and clamor of envy and strife, When realms o'er the sea pointed fingers of scorn, Like the angels of Judah our leaders inspired, And the heart of the soldier with liberty fired. Ay, the Pinckneys, the Sumters, and Puitledges came To the senates and councils their children had spurned; Took the old vacant seats, though called not by name, And their pale, phantom cheeks with strange ecstasy burued; Their presence helped mould the great national will, Until Washington's hand steadied Abraham's quill. Then the chief of New Orleans no longer could rest--Devoted to country, and true to the core--But came as an eagle--Wisconsin's own guest--And "By the Eternal" Old Hickory swore: The Father of Waters shall cease...
