. Lest we forget. e shadow of Turks great hill,From off the sleeping waves that wake to greet her;Wizard natures voice calls her votaries. I^rom the ruins of (he furnace-tower, Conies the leather-winged bat to flit about. By phosphorescent glare of Jack OLantern there, (Jr of myriad fire-flies lighting the gloom ; To feed on unctuous worm or insect rare. The whip-poor-will calls from distant hill, ()r mutely sits on casement of the mill. The screech-owls shrill cry is answered back, l>y old tu-whit, tu-whoo, of great hollow tree; Whose blinking eyes slow pilot him along. On heavy wing to fe
. Lest we forget. e shadow of Turks great hill,From off the sleeping waves that wake to greet her;Wizard natures voice calls her votaries. I^rom the ruins of (he furnace-tower, Conies the leather-winged bat to flit about. By phosphorescent glare of Jack OLantern there, (Jr of myriad fire-flies lighting the gloom ; To feed on unctuous worm or insect rare. The whip-poor-will calls from distant hill, ()r mutely sits on casement of the mill. The screech-owls shrill cry is answered back, l>y old tu-whit, tu-whoo, of great hollow tree; Whose blinking eyes slow pilot him along. On heavy wing to feed on writhing snake. Or loathsome toad, or scurring rodent. The musical chimes of many June with the low note of the mocking to ecstacy, that trills sweet and his leaf-hidden perch in rugged trembling night wind sighs in the tree tops;idle Spirit of the Valley glides through the mist,The ghost of \^oyageur floats over the wild duck feeds where the cat-tails THE MILL DAM-HEAD OF MOSSY CREEKA White Mill Swathed in Weeping Willows. Li;si- Wl-: I^oucirr 13 MOSSY CREEK CHURCH-1861 The Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, who are among- the first to pre-empt the rich soil, found here a sylvan paradise, and mindful oftlie great Creators beneficence, built in a grove of ancient oaks,a house of worship, named for the mossy creek, which was fed bysprings from every field and all the hills, welling up from lime-stone reservoirs, and prospering, they surrounded themselves withthe refinements of education and of culture. The nearby Acad-emy laid the foundation for college and for university. Preten-tious, of red brick with its colonnade portico and si)acious cam-l)us, it crowned the summit of a neighboring hill with its easyascending slope; while below were the traditional rows of white-washed dormitories with boarding-house. ()ther churches were scattered about on .Ahnmt Zions withhigh steeples to be nearer the throne of (iracc. or in se(|u
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