Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . o could foresee the fate of nations, And said shed fall. Youve seen both the tremendous spreadOf commerce, and of those it made Rich and ambitious,Who flaunt with parvenus true pride,And in their showy coaches ride,With arms emblazoned on the side,Which any herald who descried Would deem flagitious. Majestic tree! Youve seen much worthFrom little Boston issue forth, And know some menWho love their kind, and give their storeTo help the suffering and the poor,Nor drive the beggar from their bless such hearts, and give them mo
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . o could foresee the fate of nations, And said shed fall. Youve seen both the tremendous spreadOf commerce, and of those it made Rich and ambitious,Who flaunt with parvenus true pride,And in their showy coaches ride,With arms emblazoned on the side,Which any herald who descried Would deem flagitious. Majestic tree! Youve seen much worthFrom little Boston issue forth, And know some menWho love their kind, and give their storeTo help the suffering and the poor,Nor drive the beggar from their bless such hearts, and give them more, I pray again. And you shall see much more beside,Ere to your root, old Bostons pride,The axe is laid. THE FROG POND, 79 And long, I trust, the time will be,Ere mayor and council sit on thee,And find with unanimityThat youre decayed; For you are still quite hale and stanch,Though here and there perhaps a branch Is slightly rotten;And you will stand and hold your swayWhen he who pens this rhyme to-dayShall mingle with the common clay, And be The Frog Pond, now called Cochituate Lake bysuper-genteel people, or, as it has been called, Qnincy 80 BOSTON SIGHTS. Lake, is situated near the Old Elm Tree, whose roots ithas moistened for so many years. The original form haslong been changed, and the natural pond in which the boysfished for minnows and horn-pout is now supplied fromCochituate Lake; and in one portion a fountain sends upits sparkling waters to the height of over ninety feet. Avariety of jets are connected with it at pleasure; andnothing can be more charming than the effect producedon a summers evening, when bands discourse sweetmusic, and the strains blend with the sound of fallingwaters: the effect is inexpressibly beautiful. Then is thetime to see Boston Common and its tiny silver lake. CHAPTER IX. PUBLIC GARDEN. PROVIDENCE DEPOT. PUBLIC LIBRARY. The Public Garden is situated at the foot of theCommon, and contains about twenty acres. Like itsneighbor, all
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