Református ujság - Fraternity-Testvériség, 1940 (18. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1940-12-01 / 12. szám

TESTVÉRISÉG

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AMERICA AND THE KOSSUTH ERA

— Amerika és a Kossuth^korszak —

POETIC EXCERPT FROM AX ADDRESS TO KOSSUTH

He comes! a hero worthy of the name:

He comes! a statesman reft of all but fame;

He comes! a patriot from his country torn;

He comes! through Freedom’s realms the strain prolong. Niagara, thundering o’er his rocky base,

Proclaims thy welcome to his native place;

And old Kentucky’s caves, of depth unknown,

Pour forth a greeting of unearthly tone.

The Atlantic’s surges bore thee on their crest,

And safely left thee on Columbia’s breast ;

But old Pacific, jealous of the trust,

His discontent displays by sudden burst And angry lashing on our western shore,

Content to grumble, if he can no more.

Fair Liberty now smiles upon her son,

And millions greet thee, second Washington.

Marian Ash (Pupil of the Normal School) From: “The Welcome of Louis Kossuth Governor of Hungary, by the Youth of Philadelphia,” 1852.

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TO THE CITY OF XEW YORK OX ITS RECEPTIOX TO KOSSUTH

City of men! rejoice!

Xot to have heard the voice That raised up millions to its conutry’s side,

But that thy sons respond With voice that sounds beyond,

And shakes across the sea the despot’s pride.

My native Albion! thou Mayst also glory now;

These are thy sons; although like Ishmael driven To desert lands afar,

Yet o’er them hung the star That showed the sign of freedom bright in heaven.

Iron and gold are theirs:

And who so justly shares These powerful gifts as they whose hands are strong,

Whose hearts are resolute To quell the biped brute Trampling on law and rioting on wrong?

Rise, one and all, as when Ye hailed the man of men,

And give not sumptuous feast, nor sounding praise,

To that brave Magyar,

But wage a pious war And shed your glory round his closing days.

December 21. Walter Savage Landor.

From: Littell's Living Age’ Boston, Feb. 21, 1852.