The masque of the muses . bons gay MISCELLANEOUS. 133 Decked up like Holiday,The little people cluster,With pretty fuss and fluster, And then march down in lineWith all the house can muster Of meat, and bread, and wine. Thus children come together,On Human ground secure ; Nor care nor question whetherTheir blood is rich or poor. A lovely sight to see — Among the banks of snow,In young Humanity The flowers of Friendship at the table lowly. It seems the angels teach the lesson — holy — Of equal mortal , viands, wines and meats — Like fairy gifts in fable; —The rags u
The masque of the muses . bons gay MISCELLANEOUS. 133 Decked up like Holiday,The little people cluster,With pretty fuss and fluster, And then march down in lineWith all the house can muster Of meat, and bread, and wine. Thus children come together,On Human ground secure ; Nor care nor question whetherTheir blood is rich or poor. A lovely sight to see — Among the banks of snow,In young Humanity The flowers of Friendship at the table lowly. It seems the angels teach the lesson — holy — Of equal mortal , viands, wines and meats — Like fairy gifts in fable; —The rags upon the seats — Silks serving at the table. Where anger flashed at sawing,The marble seems to melt; The snow and sleet are thawingWith warming they have felt. 134 THE MASQUE OF THE MUSES. The sawyers world is brightened; His wintry prospect clears ;The childrens hearts are lightened With flow of happy prattle of affection — How musically sweet!And sweet the recollection O that dinner in the CORONATION. YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL ODE. ^N Independence Day,rlU\r| When the old world was going its old way —{A Unmindful of the groans That rose around the footstools of its thrones,Where Tyranny held iron-sceptered sway,A strange voice cameFrom tongue of flame;The sky bent low to hear the heroic , as the drowsy waking globe rolled round,A cluster of bright stars,Swept from the shield of Mars,Blazed down upon divinely consecrated ground. Then Freedoms fire arose;A new light flashed and flamed in all mens eyes;A starry banner floated in the skies. Affrighting mankinds foesIn castle walls, and palaces afar; While oer a valiant band — First Home-guard of the land —Shone Hopes Lone Star. 136 THE MASQUE OF THE MUSES. Rang Independence bell —Reverberate amid the trumpets blare;And human shackles fell,And Tyrants heard their knellTolled out upon the free and all-encircling air. At Freedoms second birthThe wise men of the West went forth to greetThe da
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