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Welcome
Written for the Essex Institute Fair, Held at Salem Sept. 4th, 1860.
We welcome to our Hall and Fair
All who would aid in Learning's cause!
The noble work we fain would share,
Which man to clearer knowledge draws.
All who would aid in Learning's cause!
The noble work we fain would share,
Which man to clearer knowledge draws.
With still increasing light it beams,
As we the world around explore;
From earth and sky its radiance streams,
That all may see, believe, adore.
As we the world around explore;
From earth and sky its radiance streams,
That all may see, believe, adore.
The beast, the bird, the fish, the shell,
The flower, the crystal from the mine,
Have each some word of truth to tell
Of the Creator's vast design.
The flower, the crystal from the mine,
Have each some word of truth to tell
Of the Creator's vast design.
But oft, with uninstructed eye,
And soul unmoved, on these we gaze;
And e'en the glories of the sky
No knowledge show, call forth no praise.
And soul unmoved, on these we gaze;
And e'en the glories of the sky
No knowledge show, call forth no praise.
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From Learning's hall to Nature's page
With more enlightened minds we turn;
Delighted still, from youth to age,
New charms to see, new truths to learn.
With more enlightened minds we turn;
Delighted still, from youth to age,
New charms to see, new truths to learn.
As Nature, to her children all,
Opens her realms of wonder wide;
Aid us that Learning's sun-lit hall,
To none who seek, may be denied.
Opens her realms of wonder wide;
Aid us that Learning's sun-lit hall,
To none who seek, may be denied.
Poem No. 766; c. 4 September 1860
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