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The Loyalist's Reception.
Broad stream, mighty stream!
Stream of an ageless past!
Slow gliding down as in a dream,
Bade welcome to these shores, at last
With sails all furled, and anchors cast,
Those noble hardy pioneers—
The Loyalists of old.
Stream of an ageless past!
Slow gliding down as in a dream,
Bade welcome to these shores, at last
With sails all furled, and anchors cast,
Those noble hardy pioneers—
The Loyalists of old.
Tall trees, stately trees!
Trees of an ageless wood!
Low bending in the gentle breeze,
You kissed the stream from whence you stood,
And homage paid the true and good,
Those noble hardy pioneers—
The Loyalists of old.
Trees of an ageless wood!
Low bending in the gentle breeze,
You kissed the stream from whence you stood,
And homage paid the true and good,
Those noble hardy pioneers—
The Loyalists of old.
Fair lands, golden lands!
Lands of the ageless race!
With open arms and stretched out hands,
Received into your warm embrace,
And sheltered with a kindly grace,
Those noble hardy pioneers—
The Loyalists of old.
Lands of the ageless race!
With open arms and stretched out hands,
Received into your warm embrace,
And sheltered with a kindly grace,
Those noble hardy pioneers—
The Loyalists of old.
H. A. Cody.
Greenwich, N. Β.
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