136 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
The shadows of the night
By magic of their might
And with electric light
Illume the world.1
Thy sons are bold to soar
On airways to explore
Celestial things.
They rise to dizzy height,
They bask in higher light
And scorn the eagle's flight
On swifter wings.2
Ohio, bounteous state,
Home of the brave and great,
Of faith sublime;
Pride of the great Northwest,
Heart in the Nation's breast,
State we would make the best
Through endless time!
(Copyrighted, 1931, by C. B.
Galbreath. All rights reserved.)
1 Charles Francis Brush and Thomas
Edison invented respectively the
arc and the incandescent electric
lights.
2 The
Wright Brothers, Wilbur and Orville, invented the first suc-
cessful airplane.
Brush, Edison and Orville Wright were
born in Ohio.
ECHO VALE
Our words and actions never fail
A sure return as joys or ills;
This world is all an echo vale
Between the mute eternal hills.
Our life we make a field or fen,
We fill our days with bliss or bale;
What we give forth comes back again,
This world is all an echo vale.