. The poetical works of Edmund Clarence Stedman. ALICE OF MONMOUTH, IDYL OF THE GREAT WAR; OTHER POEMS. 1864. ^ £f)ts Uolume IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF C. F. S. Died: May 13, 1863. t. ALICE OF HENDRICK VAN GHELT of Monmouth shore,His fame still rings the county oer !The stock that he raised, the stallion he rode,The fertile acres his farmers sowed ;The dinners he gave ; the yacht which layAt his fishing-dock in the Lower Bay ;The suits he waged, through many a year,For a rood of land behind his pier,—Of these the chronicles yet remainFrom Navesink Heights to Freehold Plain. ; 2.
. The poetical works of Edmund Clarence Stedman. ALICE OF MONMOUTH, IDYL OF THE GREAT WAR; OTHER POEMS. 1864. ^ £f)ts Uolume IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF C. F. S. Died: May 13, 1863. t. ALICE OF HENDRICK VAN GHELT of Monmouth shore,His fame still rings the county oer !The stock that he raised, the stallion he rode,The fertile acres his farmers sowed ;The dinners he gave ; the yacht which layAt his fishing-dock in the Lower Bay ;The suits he waged, through many a year,For a rood of land behind his pier,—Of these the chronicles yet remainFrom Navesink Heights to Freehold Plain. ; Shrewsbury people in autumn helpTheir sandy toplands with marl and kelp,And their peach and apple orchards fillThe gurgling vats of the cross-road tell, as each twirls his tavern-can,Wonderful tales of that stanch old man, g2 ALICE OF MONMOUTH. And they boast, of the draught they have tasted and smelt, T is good as the still of Hendrick Van Ghelt! 3- Were he alive, and at his prime, In this, our boisterous modem time, He would sorely be, as he could not then, A stalwart leader of mounted men, — A ranger, shouting his battle-cry, Who knew how to fight and dared t
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