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LINES ON THE MASSACRE OF WYOMING. 



COMPOSED AT WILKESBARRE, OCT., 1846. 

 BY R. WEISER. 



I stand upon that pure and sparkling stream, 



Whose limpid waters lave "fair Wyoming; " 



And fancy calls to mind the days of yore 



When this fair vale was drenched with human gore, 



When sighs, and groans, and shrieks, and mortal strife, 



In all their agonizing forms were rife. 



When from the rugged mountain's side rushed down 



The British foeman, and the savage brown, 



Down from the mountain's wild and craggy steep 



They came like surges of the raging deep ! 



The murderous war-whoop, and the savage yell 



Were heard and echoed through this smiling dell ; 



On, on they rushed like furious hounds of Hell, 



The deeds they did no mortal tongue can tell ! 



Poor Wyoming I thy woful day is here ! 



Let nature weep, and shed the friendly tear ! 



Thy day is come, thy plains are strewed with dead — 



O I spare the infant, and the hoary head ! 



At Forty-Fort a noble Spartan band 



A thousand craven warriors withstand, 



Eravely they fought, and nobly stood their ground 



And far and near the dead were scatter'd 'round. 



" Fair Wyoming I " thy richest blood was shed 



Thy soil was fatten'd with thy noble dead. 



But now, fair vale, thy mournful tears are dried, 



Thy streams no more with human gore are dyed ; 



Thy sires are dead, they rest in slumbers sweet, 



No more the sullen, savage foe to meet ! 



There let them rest, a brave and Spartan band, 



Worthy to enter the bright Spirit-land. 



Baccalaureate Address to the Graduating Class in Marshall Col- 

 lege. By the President of the Institution. Sept. iUh, 1846. 



We have read thi-s address with much satisfaction, and are gratified 

 to see the public attention directed to the topics here discussed. Presi- 

 dent Nevin is favorably known as a writer, and as a gentleman of expe- 

 rience and success in teaching. Any views upon the subject of educa- 

 tion, expressed by one whose whole life has been identified with some 

 seminary of learning, are entitled to our regard, and they must necessarily 

 exert an influence. After a brief congratulatory introduction to the 

 young gentlemen who had completed their academical course, and who, 



