NEW ENGLAND TO ” THE QUEEN CITY.”

NEW ENGLAND TO ” THE QUEEN CITY.”
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“Jac” Lowell, author of “New England Snap Shots.”
From mountains green, from cloud-capped granite hills,
From throbbing marts and peace-protected farms,
We send to thee a shout of grand grand “good-wills,”
We praise the strength which stays thy heart and arms!

Since Pilgrim sires their homeland builded here,
Our souls have ever loved the men of hope,
The men who do not how to foolish fear,
Who, beaten back, have courage still to cope.

Unnumbered such have won our love and praise,
But none have gained a greater, deeper share
Than those who walked thy fair and noble ways
And still are true, though Ruin pauses there.

Thy stalwart sons, thy daughters sweet and true,
Deserve the praise which we with joy extend;
May God’s own grace their future days imbue,
May constant strength with peace and gladness blend!

A host of hails our hearts to thee bestow-
O Golden Queen beside the Peaceful Sea!
With all the World we’ll watch thy glories grow,
And sing the songs of days that are to be!