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~ HAYCOCK at The Bucksville Centennial Celebration held June 11th, 1892 printed 1893

 

Lewis Sigafoos of Nockamixon, a promising poet on local subjects, read the following.

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" The groves were God's first temples," The poet well has said,

And here 'neath Nature's canopy We seek their grateful shade. Around us lie the well-tilled fields, Where sways the waving grain Beneath the gentle summer breeze.

Like billows o'er the main.

Beyond these cultivated fields, The hills in transport rise Where, resting in tranquillity.

The form of beauty lies.

By autumn's cradle rocked to sleep, She wakes no more till spring;

In harmony with Nature's chord.

Her chorus loves to sing.

But yonder, like a king whose fame Achieves a wide repute.

Old Haycock mountain rears his crown A monarch absolute.

Well nigh a thousand feet above The ocean's swelling tide.

He wears his granite diadem A mark of regal pride.

Upon these sloping mountain sides, By Nature's hand refined.

Are crystal fountains, as a type Of purity designed

God's unadulterated drink, Poured out with gen'rous hand.

Through singing rills and limped streams.

To quench the thirsty land.

A down the hill, with onward flow, They glide beneath the shade;

Now dancing through the grass and ferns Now sparkling in the glade ;

Now tumbling o'er the old mill-wheel, Then winding through the lea,

They bear a blessing as they flow To join the briny sea.


Among the branches of the trees.

Upon a sunny day.

The frisky squirrels love to chase Each other in their play.

The great horned owl that shuns the light Here seeks a shaded nook.

Where from his covert, on his foes He may in safety look.

The grouse, that shuns the haunts of men.

May here bring up her brood.

And teach them in their forest home To love its solitude.

Within the caverns of the rocks, Scarce changed by cold or heat.

The timid hare and wily fox Still find a safe retreat.

Perhaps the Indian chased the deer.

Upon this self-same ground; Perchance he fought the wolf and bear That here a lair had found

But, when the pioneer appeared With axe and spade and gun,

These roaming tribes of savage beasts Moved towards the setting sun.

Thus tribes and nations are compelled To yield to greater powers

And what has been the Indian's fate, May some time, too, be ours.

We hope not soon, yet history Repeats itself, we know

And what shall be this nation's fate, Futurity will show.

Could yonder mount recite to us The annals of the past.

What mysteries would be revealed !

What records be recast!

What deeds recounted would to-day Our hearts with rapture thrill!



The wording and spelling are as the original ~“Account of the Buck Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; and of The Bucksville Centennial Celebration held June 11th, 1892; Including the Proceedings of the Buckwampun Literary Association on said Occasion. Edited by William J. Buck.”

Nancy Janyszeski, Research Contributor BucksCountyHistory.com – NancyJanyszeski@yahoo.com

 

 

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With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - to do all which may achieve a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. 

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