Jamestown tributes and toasts . A JUBILEE OF PATRIOTISM The settlement of Jamestown marks alike the commence-ment of our noble commonwealth and our glorious was the joint cradle of State and Nation. From that small beginning grew Virginia, whose superbcareer added new majesty and glory to Statehood. There alsoarose the mighty Western Republic, whose prodigious shadow,as it projects itself into the future, startles the imaginationand almost challenges the possibilities of human destiny. This great historic episode is a veritableJuBrLEE OF Patriotismblending our past achievements and
Jamestown tributes and toasts . A JUBILEE OF PATRIOTISM The settlement of Jamestown marks alike the commence-ment of our noble commonwealth and our glorious was the joint cradle of State and Nation. From that small beginning grew Virginia, whose superbcareer added new majesty and glory to Statehood. There alsoarose the mighty Western Republic, whose prodigious shadow,as it projects itself into the future, startles the imaginationand almost challenges the possibilities of human destiny. This great historic episode is a veritableJuBrLEE OF Patriotismblending our past achievements and future possibilities. Maythe inspiring memories it engenders kindle our hearts withthat fervid patriotism that animated our fathers and madethem feel that public honor was private honor, public calamityprivate calamity, public success private success. 17. 18 BON VOYAGE You brave heroic mindsWorthy your countrys name, That honor still pursueWhilst loitering hindsLurk here at home with shame, Go and subdue! Britons! you stay too long,Quickly aboard bestow you. And with a merry gale Swell your stretchd sailWith vows as strongAs the winds that blow you! And cheerfully at seaSuccess you still entice To get the pearls and gold. And ours to hold ViKGINIA, Earths only paradise. Michael Drayton. Toast of the old English poet, to the Jamestown settlers whenthey sailed for Virginia, December 19, 1606. 19 LONG THE HAIL A FAB cry and long the hail. Aback and adown the years,From the bristling regiments of the sea,To the craft of Newports little fleet, That roused the Red Mans fears. A little fleet of tiny ships. That came like winged the mystry land beyond the the wilderness of the unknown west, Where deadly shaft had wings. A far cry and long the hail, A hail three hundred years,From the doughty ships of Captain Smith,To the mo
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