Poems of America . PERKIOMEN THE RIVER See page 1S3. PHILxVDELPillA. 183 Home scenes made vivid by the sad refrainOf Perkiomen singing all the day. Yet mid the gloom and doubt the living learnedHow still defeat to victory might be the cannon thundered from the hillA conquests tale, and glad below tlie millThe Perkiomen sang on that great day. But nature soon forgets: that camp is hides the graves of all that armed host;On the same site now stands another miller leans on the white sillTo hear the Perkiomen sing to-day. Let not our hearts forget. Lo ! Time make

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Poems of America . PERKIOMEN THE RIVER See page 1S3. PHILxVDELPillA. 183 Home scenes made vivid by the sad refrainOf Perkiomen singing all the day. Yet mid the gloom and doubt the living learnedHow still defeat to victory might be the cannon thundered from the hillA conquests tale, and glad below tlie millThe Perkiomen sang on that great day. But nature soon forgets: that camp is hides the graves of all that armed host;On the same site now stands another miller leans on the white sillTo hear the Perkiomen sing to-day. Let not our hearts forget. Lo ! Time makes plainHow from the sacrifice has grown our gain ;Here orchards bloom ; each year its harvest clearer still of peace and plenty singsThe Perkiomen all the autumn day,* * * Isaac R. Fennypacker. Philadelphia, Pa, PHILADELPHIA. IN that delightful land which is washed by the Dela-wares waters,Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn theapostle, 184 POEMS OF PLACES. Stands on the banks of its beautiful str

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