Kansas__1879Bears incense that is worthy thee, O fair young land of tinted skies And rosy suns, where blithe and free The breeze of Southland, wind of love, Soft fans dew-moistened hill and grove, The hills where erst the red man's gods descended, And now the hunters sleep___their glory ended. Ended! but ere its twilight dies New eyes have feasted on thy flowers, And songs of sweeter harmonies Than breathed of love in dusky bowers, Proclaim the conquering tribes of men. The tasseled angel, Mondamin, Reborn, divinely springs from sodded dullness, And lives in brighter forms of perfect fullness. O Kansas! blest thou art. Thy vines In purple affluence reveal True diamond treasures: Soil and clime For health, for wealth: Thy sisters kneel To thee: With rose and myrtle crown Thee queen, when falls m splendor down Thy harvest hair of brown and golden tresses, And royal apples blush at summer's kisses. And proud as thou art blest: Thy sons Have answered to the call of Death; Nor gory swords, nor blazing guns Have stayed them from the warrior's wreath. Fine fire the pen that writes thy charms Of eye and brow and snowy arms, Or cheek and lip where dreamily reposes The sweet enraptured soul of nature's roses. Hail! then, thou fair prophetic youth Of destiny! The stars give room; The flag is brighter for thy deed and truth; As strong as fair, no early tomb Thy glory waits. Of noble birth, So may the seasons prove thy worth; So may the flying years increase thy beauty With virtue, valor, still thy children's duty. Welcome to-day the hearts that loved thee___ Great hearts that bled while thine lay bleeding, When Freedom's peril moved and proved thee, Great souls who then thy voice were heeding; To poets grand whose words of flame Are wrought in splendor with thy fame, To friends who poured for thee their ready treasure Yield greeting, love and honor, not by measure. __A. A. B. Cavaness. |
Poems by Two Brothers
A. A. B. Cavaness & J. M. Cavaness
(Chetopa: J. M. Cavaness and Son Co. 1896)
Pages 32-33
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