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VOLUME 19. CHER AW, SOUTH CAROLIM^VEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1857. NUMBER 37.
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FflFllBBJiT OF PROPHEtV. "J
The National Intelligencer, of a recent no
Ua*e, contains a sketch of a discourse de? di\
livered in Washington on Sunday, the 22nd an;
of Febiuary, which appears to hare attract na
ed more than oidinary attention. Below tio
will be foatid the Intelligencer's sketch ol pe
the sermon on the occasion referred to: ar<
In place of the Rev. Mr Waldo. Chap el
Iain of the House, Rev. F. E. Pitts, of mi
Nashville, Tennessee, appeared agreeably an
to previous announcement, and delivered a eel
discourse, the subject of which was " The aft
Fulfilment of Prophecv," with seferetico to las
.State*. At";!) tic *le:.ning toj li!l
cant off fanaticism, and with no tendency to t-cl
a politico religious sermon, the reverend ed
speaker entered upon his ta?k of unfolding M;
the prophecies both of the Old and the New the
Testaments. The events which lie detailed oc
with reference to his own country were int
made to fit with such surprising chronolng. he
ical accuracy to the predictions, that it was the
by the almost unanimous desire uf a large wil
end attentive audience that his lecture was cej
continued in the afternoon. At the ap* the
pointed time, 3 o'clock, P. M., it was no Tli
easy task to find a seat in the great hall at sa
the Capitol, so deeply interested were the va
people to hear the sequ<l of the mom. the
ing's discourse, a brief outline of whic.i we el,
are herewith enabled to present to our wc
readers. dr<
His introduction to the investigation in- as
dicaled with what reverence and discretion ins
any attempted elucidation of the meaning pu
of prophecy should he conducted ; that the set
prophecies touching the nations, down to the I ah
fall of Jerusalem, were but a literal history fia
of Syria, Edom, Moab, Egypt and Judea. br;
Hut from the destruction of the Jewish ter
capital, down to a certain period called the dei
" time of the end," a veil was on the proph- tin
ets, and no interpretation of the sublime tw
visions during tbat interdicted age could mi
possibly be correct; for God bad repeated sui
ihe announcement to Daniel, the prophet, sin
that " the word* were closed up, and the dr?
vision was sealed till the time of the end." gr<
That this was not the end of the world ou
was evident, for in the timo of the end, liv<
"many should run to and fro, and knowl tin
edge should be increased and then " the Til
- wise should understand, but the wicked, evi
should not understand." Not only was the i vai
vision itself sealed, but the timo or end ol { Tl:
these wonders, and especially the theatro of eiv
these wonders, or the land ot their realiza- tlu
tion, should not be known till God was pro-[ rig
pared for their accomplishment. That "the I M<
time of the end," and age of great intellcc- j tlu
tual energy, adventure and locomotion, was
the age in which a great nationality would tui
arise; that the United States arose at the I cm
end of 1290 symbolic days from the de? fal
struction of Jerusalem; that Daniel's 70 tlu
weeks being equal to 003 years and 214 sp<
days of solar time, according to the eclips- an
es of the sun gave an infallible rule to de? sul
termine symbolic time; so that if 70 sytn spi
bolic weeks equal 803 years and 211 days, Da
1290 symbolic days reached from the, Ci
burning-of the temple, on the 189th day of! *vi
the year 08, A. D., to the 4th day of July, de
1776; and that making the starting point
at the occasion of the daily sacrifice, which
happened, according to astronomy, at sun- los
rise, 3 minutes past 5 o'clock, A. M., on ev
the day the temple was burnt, the 1290 in
days run out at a quarter to three o'clock,' fir
P. M., on the 4th day of July, 1776; and; fir
from the best sources of information the j pi<
Declaration of Independence was proclaim- m<
ed at that hour on the glorious fourth. That, th
the United States was the fifth government j su
representing the successive kingdoms ol on
Assyria, Medo-l'ereia, Macedonia and re,
Home ; that the iron and clay in the feet "
and toes of the juiajo symbol Led the union j cli
the church and state under Constanl
me 18, 3iiS A. D., that the antagonis
e stone to the image smiting it on its
mbclizes the genius of our great na
its opposition to the union of church
ate; that while the stone kingdom
(vornment were not Christianity,
ountain out of which it was cut
hristianity. That the winged womai
e wilderness was an emblem of christi
, and her man-child being " caught u
aven in the clouds," showed the pr
ntial protection of our infant llepul
lat our nation, answering the mora! ]
lit of the nationality which was to cc
is Israel restored. That God would <
tute such a nationality out of a pei
io would acknowledge his son J<
irist, and not of the Jows, who from
ginning have denounced Christ. '1
rfeet coinchUncA being perfect (ylfilni
r nation, and nolother on earth, ansv
the picture. rI hat tho nationality
ise was to bo gathered out of tho nati
mt they were to go westward. That
untry they were to inhabit was a 1
twecn the eastern and great wesi
as. That the land w?s one " that
vays been waete." That it was to
:ated within thirteen distinct Sta
tat these States should be bounded
3 oast by the eastern sea, ana on
st by the groat western sea. That
ople gathered out of the nations she
tuild and dwell safely in unwalled vil
and cities, having neither gates
rs " a land of broad rivers and strean
epublic where " tho people should
int to themselves one head," and t!
ers and governors " should be from
nig themselves." That the United St;
is the "isle that should wait" for C
d that the ships of Tarshish or old S{
3uld be the first to open emigrat
lat our country was " the land shad*
I with wings" which was beyond
eis of Etlieopia, which from Judea
nd the Nile, was the United States,
other country. That our country
inely protected in its beginning, i
swering the predictions precisely of
tionality that was to come, is " the
n born of G..d in a day," born on It
ndence day. That the United Sti
ise in the providence of God as iho n
political government, and that its gi
fsion was the overthrow of monan
d the utter destruction of political
lesinstica! despotism. His subject in
ernoon related more especially to "
t great battle between civil and rtdigi
t-rtv on Uiv Ciiet.amf, jn.Iif ca7
esiasiical despotism on the other, te
in scripture " The Rattle of Gog
igog," the battle of " Armageddon,"
i " battle of the great day of Almig
>d." That the United States would
raded by monarchy. That Russia \vc
the leading power, and England and
! autocracy of tho world would be nl
lb Russia against the United States,
>t France ; that France will be with u
> end as she was with us in the beginn
iat an armament such as the world m
v before, composed of millions, would
I.* 'I'lltlf tllO Kqfila fiiklil 1
JC uur bUUUli^* a iiciv vuc uamo uvivi
? valley of the Mississippi. (See F.z
38th and 39lh chapters.) That hea
iuld be upon our side. l$ut in this
>adful fray there would ho troublo &
never was. That the United States
the exponent and representative of
blicanism, extending its bottlers fi
i to sea, and ft o n shore to shore, from
;C8 to the gull, aro60 as the formidable
nee of autocracy ; and that Russia i
icing an area of one-seventh of ear
ra firma, and arising in dreadful gi
nr. must in self-defence attempt the
ction of popular freedom; and that tl
o formidable powers, lowering and <
nating to the heavens like dreadful clo
charged with elements of ruin, w<
5ck the earth with their collision,
inch the earth with blood. That
jat country would never bo divided. '1
r Union, liko a noble ship, though
e oak timbers would bend and quivei
> tempest, would rido the storm in sal
tat monarchy would be overthrown
jr, and republicanism everywhere ]
1, and nations'learn war no Ion.
ten sets in the millennial day, when
ce, commerce, and the arts would spn
? religion of the Son of C?od have ev
liteousness among the people w
issiah reign, and " earth keep Jubilc
)usand years."
Rut an imperfect sketch of these
csis hero presented, i hey ccria
iated a profound sensation. True
se, llio clearness and conclusiveness
s arguments as presented by the intelli^
laker, we think it would bo dillicult
swer. Surely the theme is startling
blime. The appropriate allusion of
jaker to tiie poi traits of Washington
ifayelle, that hung on the walls in
ipitol, in his allusion to France b*
th America in the final struggle,
I CO '
q>Iy affecting.
A boy got his grandfather's gun
ided it, but was afraid to iiro; bo, h
er, liked the fun of loading, and so
another charge, but was still afraid
e. He kept on charging, but will
ing, until ho got six charges in I lie
ice. His grandmother, learning his
irity, smartly reproved him, and gras]
0 old continental, discharged it. Tin
It was tremendous, throwing the old I
1 her back ! She promptly struggle!
gain her feet, but the boy cried
Lay still, granny?there's live l
uirgcs to go oil" vet !"
!? CHERAW GAZETTE.
feet
tion CHER AW, S. C.
and
and THE MAY FESTIVAL,
the This time-honored institution was duly celebratteas
ed on the 22d ult., by the pupils of the Cheraw
l of Academy, under the charge of Miss Maooik J.
ani St'TiiERLANP, with all the pomp and splendor inp
to cident to the coronation of royalty itself, There was
OVl a large altendence of parents, Iriends and visitors,
blic. The evening was delightful?the air redolent with
?Or" lovely Spring's balmy odors. The ceremonies
'me, vvere beautiful and interesting; and the j>erfor5?n
uiance of all the actresses and actors, from the
beautiful aud lovely Queen to that of the last!
3SUS upolJ the stage, such as to do honor to themselves j
/k? and to iheir instructrefa. With this introducti^J
we present 1hn whole to the public, .ouly asfe^J
-Sh >holuWy,iK.g?i'of
ver" * 1 >o not view tliern with a critic's eye,
Ilut pass their impcrfectious by."
Otis.
the FIRST MAIDEN.
and miss mary c. STEELE.
tern Herald maidens?'tis our duty
had To proclaim our Queen of May,
be Who in youthful bloom and beauty,
k*ci Reigns o'er this triumphant duy.
on SECOND MAIDEN.
^10 MISS EMMA L. I.ONC.
| Is there one with voice dissenting,
)U1 Mingles not their vows with ours,
lag One whose power our rights preventing,
nor Rules the genii of these bowcrsl
lis;" FLORA,
no/
i miss mlta e. maciver.
o . Who are ve, presumptions maidens,
ates ^ ',ftl nPProllcl' ?>>' hallowed bounds!
i , With my gems your hands arc laden,
,0. ? My sweet flowers your brow surrounds,
lain ]{y this floral crown I wear,
ion. Ry tliis wand of vernal splendor;
ow, Ye to me, your vows must render,
jjje Mine these bowers, tbese regions fair.
be- FIRST MAIDEN.
af,d Gracious Goddess, thy dominion,
ivas Ne'er received a lovelier band,
l(1(J Not of power servile minion,
l ' Rut free daughters of the land;
We through thy greeu realms are straying
na' With our charming Queen of May.
idott(0&
SECOND MAIDEN.
?od Let us hear our footsteps straying?
reaj Celebrate this joyous day.
:hy, FLORA.
a?d Xc-il ine, who's the maid ve honor,
the With this lofty right divine,
the Horn beneath our starry banner,
ious . Can she bo of royal liiibt r V
olid 1> SFa \)S i??
"n No?within her veins is flowing
an" Patriotic blood, as pure as thine ;
and No imperial honors knowing,
litV Round her no vuiu paged shine,
Claiming no ancestral glory,
|i ? ^110 iioiii liuuifr iiueu-r
I?: llian is traced in British story,
I a" Daughters of the king of kings.
E
g in Breathe her name, let zephyrs Hosting,
Bear it on their wings ufar.
'ver SECOND MAIDEN.
' 'n' Eleanor, thus t-liy mandato heeding,
] proclaim May's reigning star,
eki Eleanor, here with grace presiding,
von Wear this day thy vernal crown,
jaS? Joys and peace attend thy biddiug,
Till thy regal reign goes down,
uca Maidens, let thy coronation,
be- lhtllow this beauteous bower,
Kc 1'eace be every heart's oblation,
r0fn Offered lbi.-%uspicii?iis lioui. . 1
the BOTH MAIDENS,
do
MISSES EMMA LOSU AND MAUY C. STEELE.
ernth's
Thanks most sweet and gracious Flora,
Sister Maidens, guide your ipicen,
ran" Bend your flowery arches o'er her,
ex* Lead her to your arbor green,
l?'* FLOWER STREWER.
l0(js M,ss MARY c? 8TEU.K.
)llld Carries a basket of flowers and strews them beam!
f?rc 'be Queen, and repeats the foliowiug verses:
our Like a star that breaks at e'en
'll.'lt Suddenly upon the heaven,
her Musical as fountains play.
Conies our sunny Queen of Mav.
r in 1
ety. Around her path in fragrant showers,
j*or- Rosea fall and all sweet flowers,
Light her step as dancing fay,
Oleesonie, winsome. Queen of May ger.
scj. CROWN BEARER.
gaJ MISS CI.IKA II. Mt'oLKLN.
i ay, 0'cr 'be dark blue waste of the dreuiy gloom,
ilk' We have traveled by day and by night.
1)11 winter we have loft in its coM tru/eii tomb,
6 a And spring comes forth blooming and b/ight.
Icc- ^*c cu^?d every llower in woodland and glen,
. . To wreathe a crow n worthy of our Queen,
y 0 muy not a thorn or briur within,
01 Or roughness or poison le seen.
, Bat may every virtue and every grace,
>L Its life-giving radiance impart,
And may soft tresses and sweet smiling faces
and Ever reign fair Queen of each ln art.
Then take it dear Emma, this wild llower wreath, j
a And twine it round Kleauor's brow,
the O may she be happy in this fair world beneath,
>ing And in Jlnti'i'tt mori happy thou mow.
vvas CltOWMERS SPEECH,
miss km ma k. hltv a\.
I Yes, geiitlj Clara, front thy friendly hand,
a 1 take as a gill of spring's sweetest Mowers,
ow/ A wreath neatly made by the fair of our land, !
put To crown our dear Eleanor, the Queen of our
to bowers.
tout Aitil as I receive it, and place it with care,
old And entwine its soft tendrils around thy fair
to- brow,
nine ! may it rest lightly and plensantly there,
Aud may you be ever up queenly as now.
lady And in all your reigu, may il be your first care,
j t0 To render your subjects both happy and fiee
. And to (toil, our first ruler, we will olfer our
' prayer,
tore That our young Queeu of May be as happy
as w <
sceptre be one of life'd purea
wRf ;V'#
J3ST! ; our rule be as light and aa gladsome a
P .ay,
V .d at lost may we meet in that world above
(J r lovely, our youthful, our sweet Queen o
\ May.
Qb'J EN's. REPLY AFTER BEING CROWNED
MISS KLKASOR II. CRKCIO.
I tor friends, beloved companions, dutiful sub
jectt?you have filled my heart with joy an<
glu&icsa I am Flora's representative?Queen o
Ms* A rosy reign awaits me?a butterfly's life
'tis^ -ie?but the recollections die not. In afte
year-, when girlhood's visions vanish, we inee
Pagagjpftipon this dewy turf, may our spirits be a
liguTour steps as bouyant with health and hap
our future. Brigh
Ihway of our com
i true! Mutually
moment serve ti
hound us. High
i Ibej^ voice of tb
-i.s jour'aJfcC
I see the motive
t majesty that ask
] \X ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.
UROnCE A. MALI.OV.
U.iir Eleanor we hail thee Queen,
a\u<id this lovely woodland scene,
7' er rock and hill and burning bray,
?lere we proclaim our Queeu of Mny.
latch garden's pride with mirthful glee,
*\ii.l floweret wild we plucked for thee;
And now around ill gladsome hour.
I ?tir fragrant gifts with songs we shower,
f! his rosy aeat shall be thy throne,
I iiese opening flowers our rural crown,
--lis shilling ring thy court shall be,
"iiy true and faithful subjects we;
Vhatever paths be ours to tread,
^J^ki'ough joy's bright gleam, or griefs dnrl
diade,
Is everv i'?v and every care.
Tr the future would prepare.
CROWNING KING.
CLARA H. MCOUm.
St:?You having been chosen to tiike youi
s t a t J i as King in this, our little and secluded
community, by command of our Queen, it is my
du.\ u" well as my privilege, to place upon youi
bi-.v our floral crown. Through life may tin
grie' and oppressions of this weary world reel
upfj on as light ne this our eniblem.
\ ot covet not the throne and crown,
?* Sigh not for rule and State,
'die wise would fling the sceptre down,
And shun the palace gate.
Though lowly born, oh covet not
t The rest the sceptre brings,
'I he hoQest name and peaceful lot,
Outweighs the pomp of kings.
" KING'S SPEECH.
Jj w. kouiiins oowutv.
JQ ^ as-'fiutf-1. win
,SH^Rloiiiiruioiio il> id evc.y laud am
clif'e 1 lluiiik vou I hat you have encouraged, b;
y?|f presence, the innocent festivities of the day
It Kgrateful to our feelings, to be thus assure*
tliu> there are those among us, who, having passei
tlx period which define and separate youth frou
mm hood, are still delighted to recall to mini
Huso halcyon davs which, ou occasions like this
was want to kunile iu their own hearts pleasure
hie 'rootious, and can well appreciate the kiudrei
joy* which now well up in the young hearts aroum
the a.
It is pleasant to our feelings to know, that th
cnjywsmg care of business may, for a brief period
hi I?id aside, to permit of a participation in ou
May Day celebration.
Well is it foi the world, that there is so intimat
a itM'iieclion between youth and manhood, child
Inuud old age, that the one )iiust be interested ii
lbs other, and each tind its chief enjoyment here
th-. file In comforting, sustaining and chccriD]
the Alter.
Jtc day, the month, the ceremonies of the o?
cim, uud these happy, smiling faces arcund u.e^^uiirc
calculated lo till our hearts with naugh
liQffitlitudc and love uud joy.
Die occasion is not without its benefits to lli
as well as the young To the one, it serve
us a beautiful memento of the past, |>ointing bad
to tfc launching of life's giddy bout, and direct in
the|ncmory along to watch its onward course a
it gncefully glides bv the green and floweriii|
biuks, until it bounds amid the surging wave
intotlie boundless, boL-trous sea of life. It re
minis liiin of the eve.- widening ocean and con
staiily increasing billows, on which his frail bail
is tissed and rocked, the farther he proceeds oi
Ilia journey of life. It warns liitn tlmt the j>rmen
be that i'iioknt in the spring lime of his existence
Tothe other, it opens n beautiful panornma to dis
pel tho gloom and sadness which might settle up
on ilie young brow, contemplating the yet untriei
reality of the future, and to invoke u hearlfel
gratitude for all these happy moments, and thi
woifdrous beauty. Ever after throughout lift
ourtuinds may revert to this scene, and drav
f.uil it iuvaluablc lessons. When toiling will
t^Ajjtjng stei's up the steep and nigged hill <
u|. mm tok?ftil|y in the dili
to^ticc of tlie future, we may luin and view th
& eurry of the past,and our ga/.e will long linger oi
t'logratcful oasis. For all of lis, this gorgcou
jMgintry of nature is prepared. For us the chill
ingblasts of wiiter are hushed?its icy hand i
stayed. For us the genial sun, the halmy hreez*
the fragrant lloweis and the verdant lields u
sp'fiig have coins. For us the little lorest song
ete<s trill their sweet notes of praise, and iintur
[uiti on her sunshiniest smile. They tell us tub
ia|py, t hey tell us to be wise. Go abroad,
Upon the paths of nature, where all
lis voices whisper, ami its silent things
1 treat he forth the deep beauty of the world,
Kneel at her simple altars.
"<v young companions, it is well that we re
n;;nber thai like cully (lowers, our youthful hope
hul and blooui, sometimes, alas, but to becrushc
an.l withered by the frost of time or the cold bias
ol iSsappoiutmcnl.
]ti;i as mighty nature bound us from our birth,
'iT^suii is in the heaven, life on earth,
hi iin* vaun, ?jMuiiut.-r m me urum,
ITSc. iii lilt, gait, freshness iii llie stream.
| it she lias witliin her power? to resuscitate uii
I ivffeala herself, .??> we must not forget thai wliil.1.
within us alia thai can lift up fallen hope,
aii . bill tliern live again.
PRESENTATION OF TIIE SCEITKE.
jnUN JIEMiV I Mil.IS.
?aii. lirtEN?We have seen the ernwu pla.'e
( u)#11 thy blow, ami to matth ihu only genii
j ?iT' li a.lorns it, fivsh and glowing (lowers, w. ail
i ti t other Heeling symbol of your blooming iii;
j jo# v. A nioliititl ago, y oil were our equal, m.m
loir pleasure aini ilnty is to obey. W ielii vol
I'j.tre lightly A hasty touch will cause the*
ll.wtTs to fade, ami a - tlmy .lr?>o|> and peri-.li. *
I -!.i* \ "i pow'i. I.dach i*- ii-e toumJation if 'li
1 scepire* nature's brightest colors conceal the dark
certaiuty. So slmll thy days pa s, oh I cherished
s Queen. Love's garlands, perchance, smiles ever
banish from view the fate of general Immunity.
Lowly now, before thee bending,
'f 1 present this fairy wand,
May it prove by thee accepted,
Friendship's noblest, purest bond.
Beneath a republican sky, and standing upon
this patriotic soil, I cry " Jsnig live our Queen I"
i> And the whole school echoed it after him.
i
f PRESENTATION OF BOQl'KT,
!? MISS ANNUS r.EIO?FIRST MAI1> OF HONOR.
t, Throned and crowned, yet free born maiden,
9 Rich the honors tl.ou hast wou,
May no cloud arise to sadden
t Thy fair coronation sun.
F.Tery flower around thee twining,
Gems from Flora's lair domain,
Are but ty|s?s of virtue shining, J
| Y To adorn thy maiden >?. .
*1 ' Far Troi.ilieucc I"' t*?5 ' rtfal beoffltngy J '
!? Unpolluted joy like ours,
8 Frown upon tliy rites adorning
Virgin May's imperial bowers.
"fis the holiday of Nature,
"fis the spring time of the year.
Youthful hearts to their Creator
Offer grateful incense here.
See these blossoms softly glowing,
Gathered for thy fair )>oi|uet,
Thus the fragrant gift bestowing.
1 my lowly homage pay.
Take, 01 take the offering fiuwery,
Here no linking thorns are seen ;
Love enn seek no fairer dowery,
May tan ask no gentler Queen.
QUEEN'S REl'LY TO T1IE BOQUET.
MISS KLEAXOB It. GREGG.
Thou beautiful and dear boquet,
I'll not throw thy sweets away,
Kul choicely treasured thou shalt be,
And thrice enshrined in memory.
And when within the crystal vase,
The impress of decay 1 trace,
j" I'll preserve thy beauties yot,
' Nor for the giver's sake will forget,
r .
" SECOND MAID OF HONOR.
5
L MIsS MARY IUXOX,
What gills of initio illustrious bead,
Can prove my loyalty and love I
Already glows above thy brow,
The diadem our hands have wove.
And in thine own already shine
The emblem of thy graceful sway,
Scptre and crown already'giveu,
What can I.briiig, Oh I Queen of Muy I
I may not roaiu o'er burning sand
The diamond brilliant gem to find,
Or plunge into the wave to seek
The pearl to ocean's bed consigned.
V- lint I kiiesuusd.t tlF flower whosojavast j
j f ts eludcu wna liiwiliaiuouit dew,
And there's no pearl in ocean's wave
Is fairer than the lillj's hue.
And never yet did Rritish Queen
A chain of lovelier texture wear,
11 Than this whose braiding leaves unite
d To form a garland rich and rare.
i The garland! 'tis a lovely name,
J J Ha redolent 01 joy nnd youth,
3 It breathes of poetry and song,
Of beauty, innocence and truth.
e
I Than wilt thou deign, Ob! Maiden Queen,
r To bend thy fair imperial neck,
And let thine honored hand maid thus
0 Its snows with wreathing blossoms deck!
' Kail to our Queen, our own loved Queen?
Queen of litis happy, joyous day ?
\'t Queen of this beauteous mouth of flowers?
? Queen of rejoicing, glorious May.
'* Til 1111) MAID OF HONOR.
t MISS MAKY A. JOIIDAN.
I'rescnU the Lute and sigs?
c
s 1 give thee all, I can no mure,
|j Though poor the offering be,
? My heart and lute are all the store,
g That I can bring to thee.
L A lute whose gentle song reveals
g The soul of love full well,
And better far, a heart that feels
Much mole than lute could tell,
k I give thee all, 1 can no more,
? Though poor the oll'cring be,
f My heart and lute arc all the store,
, That I eau bring to tliee.
I! FOURTH MAID OF HONOR,
3 lliss KMMA I.ONG.
g Loved Queen of our choice, in thy reigu wo re
, joiee,
J And hail it the omen of pleasure and love ;
I, , Thy hand maids linvo crowned tliee, pure honors
I surround thee,
? ,iOh! tail' i- thy cvurliu thi beautiful grove.
,1
l( I What canopy rale, .-an in beauty compare,
' With the curtain of blue that is arched o'er thy
|. head.
8 , What neeklaeo of pearl, to the petals that curl
, | I ii the breeze:- of spring, and sweet redolence shed.
?fi
1 ()li! empress I'l May, 0110 Imiom l> t iM?' pray,
? ' J.ot a royal pathway to learning l>o made;
I *Tis tiresome ami chill to climb up a hill,
Where the footsteps so oft have in wcarineesstraytil.
Tis hard 'u.iJ the bloom and balmy perfume
Of s?|?*"iiiiT? to bo bound down to study and books,
Let our books be the (lowers, our school room the
(lowers,
's Our music the voice ot Iho silvcrdoucd brooks.
J
1 One lout,' holiday of thy grace let us pray,
And give " Metaphysie " to grave learned men,
" Philosophy," too, wttli its garments of blue,
May go to the walls of the college again,
Let us live 'mid the llowcr- ,nid hi ighl sunny hours,
a And twine Us fresh garlands the summer long day,
v There the birds on th-wing not inoiv joyously
?i?g.
Aud life shall be one smiling " May l'ay."
Then hail to the t.'ueen of this fairy bright scene,
And joy to these maidens so blooming and gay,
(livecare to the gale, let gladness prevail,
d j "I'is the bam|net of nalur.?'lis.-weet, sunny .l/uv,
d t.U KibVS UKi'l.Y.
Ml-S I I I \.NOl; M. Olil -.1.
V I
II'! I Ml ' lilald* I! bvlov* d. I i ;llili>il tn -low
ie The boon ili.il you ask for tlic-mnnr bright glow,
;o The blot?ohm nl Mav w?|| \ uo-h away,
is \ij.l !> *.- ! - ! ; .1 !:<>'. *
Tis pleasant lo wander through iho meadow* of
green,
Where the blue streamlets walk and the young
saplings lean, w
Where the warm breath of summer plays soft o'er
the cheek,
And the gales and the flowers a sweet lesson speak
But when the green meadows are blighted sere.
And winter, void winter presides o'er the ye3r.
When the stremnlets arc dark aud the saplings
decay,
Soy where ye hide, then, Oh hand maid of May .
Though the up hill of science is weary lo climb,
There ore flowers on its summit unfading by fiuja.
That bloom when the blossoms of May are laid low,
Uuscatlied by the tempest, um-hillcd by the mow, ??--*
Then sigh not, my friend, for a holiday.
For life cannot always l>e a nierr^^^*"^ '
Return with Die morrow to study
And music more grave than llu? ei^
iFor when th^seeptr.: jmrt
I'll Imjw with new nrdurat learning's bright
And seek fur those houors that ne'er shall
When fallen in du.?t are the blossoms of
FLORA CALLS SPRING.,
Mlsrt linVr. MU'lYKtL
Dooming Spring I thy voice of song
Floats the vernal gale along.
O'er the green and flow'ry grass.
Light thy graceful footsteps puss.
SFRIN'Cl.
MISS JANIi: MCgUMCN
Spring, lovery Spring, with her mantle of green,
And sky so beautiful, calm and serene,
lias made her. appearance with heautiful flowers,
And liung up her vines in the trees and the
bowers.
Spring's lovely winds waft o'er the p'n-r.s,
And nature's sweet songsters warhle Mieir strain?,
All around us glad music land scape displays,
The tokens and the beauties of Spriug's lovely
days.
She has spread her green cat pet atl over the earth
Her soft every breezes brings gladness and inirlh
She has furnished a garland for F.lcnnor the Queeu
Of (lowers as pretty us ever was seen,
Then take from my hands those beautiful buds
Which Spring lias sent forth to meet her dear May.
Affection unuhunging is the language of each,
Then take them Queen Elcauor, 1 humbly beseech
MAROU,
M1S4 KLIZXBETIl S. DU E.
I-Var not that ?ho clouds of March
Shall obscure the radiant arch,
Daughter of a stormy Lyre,
1 have hid my winds retire
To the Mansions in the t'uve,
Where their threutsishall idly mv.S
S rly, g jak-i?. !1 | b y, J / Through
the rosy bJwers ot May t
What though mine a ruder task,
Than any sunny grove to bask,
Every bud of thine. Oh I spring,
Once was folded neatli my wiug.
Cradled there secure from harm,
Its lullaby the rushing storm,
Till my sister April, versed
In soft caprice, the floweret nursed.
APltlL
MISS ANNA IIAUUALL.
Oh helievo me lovely spring,
I o'er earth a beauty lling,
Dright as Eden's gardens knew,
Ah Iris fuir, us changing too.
Nature chilled by tempest wild,
Greets me as her darling child?
With a robe of living green,
1 u Joi n iho wintry eecue.
I am the gayest weaver too,
Of modern times, for every hue
In the richest carpet round ycspread,
Is woven of my mystic thread.
*
FLORA CALLS MAY.
MIN3 .MKTA MACIM-lt.
Fairest hand maid of the year,
Jovuil* 1 thy footsteps hear.
Surely thou wilt liomuge pay
To the Queen, Oh ! legal May
MAY.
MISS MARA SANllEKs.
1 bid thee welcome fairy May,
Sweet harbinger of summer's hours,
Tliou cov'rest aroiiud with fragrant (lowers,
To drive our sadder thoughts away.
Now tearful April taketh leave,
And from Iter fertilizing showers,
Spring into birth the sweet May dowers,
That we may floral cliaplcta weave
Then weleonie lii the (airy May
The tield.a put on their robes of gieeu,
The air is ipiiet and seieno,
And not a cloud obscures the day.
Then hail to the Queen, my awn fiir Queen,
She shall choose from flowers tlie sweetest and best.
They shall bloom in her ci'own, and wreathing
down, ,
In lesloous adorn her bowers <-l rest,
FLORA'S FAREWELL.
Miss MflA MA<l\tll.
l'l >r.i too must hid farewell,
Cherished flowers, when- will y?. Jw?II *
SrUlN'fi CALLS M'MMIilt
MKs JAMf MHJI U N.
ISy all the eky of.Leper Mm-,
l'.\ he flowers ?>| wurmei luu,
l?y the deep pei violin^ i;low,
Aideiit SuiiiUM't thee I kiivii.
SI M.MI.L.
\ll*? N.llil 111.1 V?
[ I lirtveeonse jieiille ijueeii, Iron: the happy clime,
j Wln-ic nature wears the garb of irencrotir time,
Ami bursts tiie song from eve is lealy glade,
j The yielding seasons bridal eerannde ;
; Where tla-li the wing- the welcome Summer calls
(Through tile dee|> arelie- ol the forest walls,
i I lei e are my oilcring.-, holy and divine,
I I .o\e ami III 'I'll I lit III, .11 >1 make thellt CVCt' tllllle,
Tliev ale lull --I Idown lloaei-,
Wliieh Siiniiiei ha- pilli'tid in all lief bright
bow t>.
J ...on ? ..ii th. v w dl *;.d- > i i rlie n-it a fi|_ .