The Record of the Procession and of the Exercises at the Dedication of the Monument Wednesday, June 12th, A.d., 1889: Erected by the People of ... in the War for the Preservation of the Union - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1890 Excerpt: ... POEM BY MKS. DR. O. W. CHARLES OF BRYANTVILLE. PICTURES OF PEMBROKE. Can you paint me a picture, strong and true, Of hundreds of years, in one broad, grand view? A landscape spacious, with events from life, Showing joy and sorrow, and peace and strife? If so, take the brushes at once, and begin, This is the very town the scenes are in. Wash over the sky with loveliest blue--A few white clouds for the sun to shine through; Give the same tone to the rippling river, That runs through the fields like thread of silver; Add more of the azure tint, here and there, To make yonder bright ponds so fresh and fair--Furnace, Oldham, and the Sandys two, While Hobomok lies in the nearer view; Define the Indian fields with fuller sweep, To verdant point, where earth and water meet; Then, with the richest shades of deepest green, Lay in the forests tall and dark, I ween, With their sturdy oak and listening pine; Then pink white laurel and clambering vine, And modest arbutus beneath the feet, Delicate clethera and azalea sweet. Sketch a few patches of slight, graceful maize, And wigwams, half hidden from watchful gaze, And the charming landscape will be complete. The first picture must be in distant days, When this soil was owned by the Indian braves; When plain and stream, and forest, and river, Seemed his, to hold forever and ever. So let lithe, dusky forms come into view From the woodland paths and the light canoe, Or, sitting silent by the council fires, Listening to the wisdom of the sires. O paint some of the Mattakeesett tribe! Some chief with his bold warriors by his side, Some sachem of this most powerful race, Some laughing maiden, with bronze-like face, And rich in a wild, free and supple grace! Their joys and sorrows, their pleasure and pain, You may strive to re...

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