Mexico . BENITO JUAREZFirst President of Mexico. PORFIRIO DIAZPresident of Mexico XIOh. land majestic ! Apt for all delig-ht, Sweet womanly languors, and high deeds of man. Lie prone no more beneath the palsying banOf crusted usage! On thy valleys dightWith tropic verdure, thy cold mountains height. And blissful slopes which temperate breezes fan. Breathes the new air that through the ages ranWhenever God turned men toward the our proud race alone enjoy the sun, Or does the rain make ereen no fields but ours ?Prophetic eyes but faintly have begun To see the lofty climax of thy power

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Mexico . BENITO JUAREZFirst President of Mexico. PORFIRIO DIAZPresident of Mexico XIOh. land majestic ! Apt for all delig-ht, Sweet womanly languors, and high deeds of man. Lie prone no more beneath the palsying banOf crusted usage! On thy valleys dightWith tropic verdure, thy cold mountains height. And blissful slopes which temperate breezes fan. Breathes the new air that through the ages ranWhenever God turned men toward the our proud race alone enjoy the sun, Or does the rain make ereen no fields but ours ?Prophetic eyes but faintly have begun To see the lofty climax of thy the full noontide of thy day is won, And gathering night on weary Europe lowers. JOSEPH WHARTON , May, 1891

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