Onward: a lay of the West .. . akes, Teem with the transit of abundant trade, As oer a world their commerce is conveyed. Muse of our wildwoods West! O, still prolongThe rising numbers of our swelling song,To sunrise multitudes, while they remote,Responding fitly to the earnest note,Wake anthems oer a peoples peerless morn,A nations glory where its strength is born ! Adieu, fair Village! May undimmed renownThy more than hopeful future ever crown!A hundred centuries, thy halls still beThe home of virtue, cradle of the free! 23 Long mayst thou sit in native, queenly pride,A fadeless flower by the
Onward: a lay of the West .. . akes, Teem with the transit of abundant trade, As oer a world their commerce is conveyed. Muse of our wildwoods West! O, still prolongThe rising numbers of our swelling song,To sunrise multitudes, while they remote,Responding fitly to the earnest note,Wake anthems oer a peoples peerless morn,A nations glory where its strength is born ! Adieu, fair Village! May undimmed renownThy more than hopeful future ever crown!A hundred centuries, thy halls still beThe home of virtue, cradle of the free! 23 Long mayst thou sit in native, queenly pride,A fadeless flower by the pure waves side;A lovely gem, in kindling radiance dressed,Glittering remotely from our glorious West!And whether where Missouris confluents pour,Or, on the wild Pacifics sounding shore,Or farther, where our eagles yet may riseOer other solitudes, through other skies,Still long, whereer their pinions wave in pride,A peoples stayless destiny to guide,The nobly Rising be thy honored name,And neer Deserted blot thy growing fame!. NOTES. Note i—Page 6. Around are closing in the white mans fields,He, een in turn, at length dominion yields ! . The silent, sorrowful departure of the Indian, upon the encroach-ing stir of settlements, is a scene often witnessed on our Westernfrontier. Lingering for a time in mute amazement, like the wildanimal, to gaze upon the invaders, he at length disappears in thedepths of the forests. Note 2—Page 7. His dogs and gun, companions of his way,The restless Leather-Stocking of his day ! The early hunter, or trapper, the first partially resident white manwith the Indian—termed by Cooper the Leather-Stocking —hasalways been a distinct character on our frontier, still penetratingfarther into the wilderness as the settlements advance. 26 Note 3—Page 8. But vain to tell whence severally they hail,The wide world sends them from each hill and dale. It often happens that only in a comparatively small frontier vil-lage, persons are found from almost ev
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