. History of the re-union of the sons and daughters of Newport, , July 4th, 1884. ys glow, A noble bearing in their mien and manhood on their brow; Youll miss them while you welcome back your children as they come. And tears will mingle with your smiles for many an absent one. Well think of those loved absent ones, and silent tears well shed. As sad, in accents low, we speak of those, oiu- early dead; Well not forget them where they lie, but think they, too, have come. To mingle as in days lang syne at their dear Island Home. In a few brief hours. Mr. Mayor, we must part, many of us tt)mee
. History of the re-union of the sons and daughters of Newport, , July 4th, 1884. ys glow, A noble bearing in their mien and manhood on their brow; Youll miss them while you welcome back your children as they come. And tears will mingle with your smiles for many an absent one. Well think of those loved absent ones, and silent tears well shed. As sad, in accents low, we speak of those, oiu- early dead; Well not forget them where they lie, but think they, too, have come. To mingle as in days lang syne at their dear Island Home. In a few brief hours. Mr. Mayor, we must part, many of us tt)meet no more ; the pleasant associations by which we are here siu-rounded. will be broken, and exist only in memory as do some of thedreams of our childhood. Before bidding \()u farewell, 1 wouldutter from m\- lips what is in m\heart, the hope that When the dreams of life are tied,When the wasted lamps are in cold oblivions shade,Beauty, health and fame are laid,Where immortal spirits we all may meet again. 1 bid \ou, kind sir, and all, an aflectionate THE EXERCISES AT THE TENT. II3 EKJIITH RliCJULAR TOAST Our Sons and Daughters from Prov/do/cc — Wc count ontlicii devotion to tlieir native Cit\. iicvcr^ never to allow Lectionto be taken from us. MR. FREEBORN COGGESIIAEls REPLY. In l)ehalt of the Sons and Daughters of Provitlence and \icinit\.,I have the pleasure of responding to the generous sentiment expressed1)V you, sir, on this occasion. And, sir, we would ask vour Mayor,the City Council, and the people of Newport, to accept of our heart-felt thanks for the very generous spirit displayed by them in invitingthe Sons and Daughters of this City to partake with them of thisfeast. But sir, with all the pleasures of this day, there comes asadness as we miss the familiar faces we met here twenty-five yearsago, and the warm grasp of the hands that then welcomed us to ournative isle. However, there is in all the world no place like New-port, and the t
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