Ohio History Journal

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FOUR CYCLES: A CENTENNIAL ODE

FOUR CYCLES: A CENTENNIAL ODE.

 

Prepared in commemoration of the centennial anniversary of

Pickaway County. The Poem is descriptive of Circleville, the county

seat.

MAY LOWE.

 

PRELUDE.

The grape vine and the sycamore

Cast shadows long and deep,

On the surface of the river

Near whose banks the thousands sleep-

Men of mystery, who from silence

Of the dim past settled here,

Wrought their mighty deeds of valor,

Left a record written clear

Of their learning and their prowess,

In the circle and the square;

Left a name for future builders,

In the circle and the square.

 

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