. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . ?c. ^ LAURELTON—BENJAMIN S. POWELL. 569 brown cheek was laid quietly on the green sward, and hesank to rest under the stars. They have slept well thusfar, through centuries. Thrones have crumbled. Thethunder of the invaders cannon shook these hills totheir foundation. The meteor-like lives of men havedazzled the world with their radiance while they red-dened it with blood. More than ten generations havebeen born and returned to the earth from which theysprang, and the sleep o
. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . ?c. ^ LAURELTON—BENJAMIN S. POWELL. 569 brown cheek was laid quietly on the green sward, and hesank to rest under the stars. They have slept well thusfar, through centuries. Thrones have crumbled. Thethunder of the invaders cannon shook these hills totheir foundation. The meteor-like lives of men havedazzled the world with their radiance while they red-dened it with blood. More than ten generations havebeen born and returned to the earth from which theysprang, and the sleep of the stalwart brave is as deepas when the dark-eyed girls sang sadly over him,and his dust was mingled with the dust of his foe. Fourhundred years ago! What right had we to be sittingwithin sound of those glad voices down by the shore,where the waves rippled so musically, and think of theforgotten centuries? What right had we to summonghosts of the grim warriors to frighten the maidens ofquiet later years? But they were there. Their giantforms stalked through the wooded uplands, and we gazedon their plumes and saw
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