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The Old Planters
Nor slightly pass those early planters by,Whose names and fortunes are less known to fame;
Who can the nobleness and worth deny,
Which ever must adorn a Conant's name?
Or who o'erlook the few, brave pioneers,
Who with him to this spot in duty clung,
With none to help, through two, long, trying years.
Would that by worthier verse their praise were sung!
The Christian love that seeketh not her own,
That envieth not another's gifts, was theirs;
And while the name of Salem shall be known,
Or one descendant in her glory shares,
The memory of their virtues shall remain
A theme for history and the poet's strain.
Poem No. 359; c. 1878–80
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