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sider that they are governed by matronly wisdom, and that they are 

 adorned by sisterly virtue, do you not see that you can look the 

 •world in the face, and answer the question — What constitutes a 

 state 1 or what is hallowed ground ? And when you think of your 

 own land, are you not inspired to sing with the poet Whittier this 

 hymn of love and loyalty ? — 



" Land of the forest and the rock — 



Of dark-blue lake and mighty river — 



Of mountains rear'd aloft to mock 



The storm's career, the lightning's shock — 



My own green land forever ! 



Land of the beautiful and brave — 



The freeman's home — the martyr's grave, 



The nursery of giant men, 



Whose deeds have linked with every glen, 



And every hill, and every stream, 



The romance of some warrior-dream ! 



! never may a son of thine, 



Where'er his wandering steps incline. 



Forget the sky which bent above 



His childhood like a dream of love, — 



The stream beneath the green hill flowing. 



The broad-armed trees above it growing. 



The clear breeze through the foliage blowing. 



***#*#*## If my name, 

 ■ Now humble and unwed to fame. 

 Hereafter burn upon the lip, 

 Like one of those that maj not die, 

 Link'd in eternal fellowship 

 With beings pure, and strong, and high, — 

 If the wild dreams that quicken now 

 The throbbing pulse of heart and brow, 

 Hereafter take a real form, 

 Like specters changed to beings warm, 

 And over temples wan and gray. 

 The star-like crown of glory shine — 

 Thine be the bard's undying lay, — 

 The murmer of his praise be thine !" 



