THE BUCKEYE.
BY ALICE WILLIAMS BROTHERTON.
The rose and the thistle and the
shamrock green
And the leek are the flowers of Britain;
The fleur-de-lys on the flag of France
In a band of blood is written;
But what shall we claim for our own fair
land,
What flower for our own fair token?
The golden rod? or the tasseled maize?
For each has its own bard spoken,
Oh, the tasseled corn for the whole
broad land,
For the Union no power can sever;
But the buckeye brown for the Buckeye
State
Shall be our badge forever.
Like twisted thorns are the waving
plumes
Of the buckeye blossom yellow,
The buckeye leaf is an open hand
To greet either foe or fellow;
And brown as the eyes of the antlered
deer,
Is the fruit from the branches shaken,
Of the sturdy tree that in Buckeye
hearts
Can a loyal throb awaken.
Oh, the tasseled corn for the whole
broad land
For the Union no power can sever;
But the buckeye brown for the Buckeye
State
Shall be our badge forever.
Oh, the stalwart oak, and the bristling
pine
And the beech, are a stately trio;
But dearer to me is the spreading tree
That grows by the fair Ohio.
The buckeye tree with its branches
broad,
Its burr with the brown fruit laden,
Is the dearest tree that springs from
the sod,
To the Buckeye - man or maiden.
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Centennial Tribute to Ohio. 181
Oh, the tasseled corn for the whole
broad land
For the Union no power can sever;
But the buckeye brown for the Buckeye
State
Shall be our badge forever.
CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO OHIO.
BY JOHN HOPLEY.
Hail, fair OHIO, from the
great Northwest,
The first established free state and the
best;
Where bounteous Nature spread with
lavish hand
A fertile soil throughout this favored
land,
And filled the tree-crowned hills with
varied stores
Of inexhaustible and precious ores,
Where flowing streams combine with
inland seas
And stately forests, rustling in the
breeze,
To make thee "beautiful"- with
pride elate
We pay this tribute to our glorious
state.
But greater than by produce of her mines
And fertile fields, our fair OHIO
shines;
Her earnest sons in every land are found
Where enterprise with rich reward is
crowned;
And whether nerve in act or nerve in
brain
Be in demand OHIO's sons sustain
The glory of their State and, prominent
In deed or council, still are dominant;
'Tis thus Ohio men build up her fame
And by their greatness glorify her name;
Though precious ores and corn and wine
and oil,
Be the rich product of her fertile soil,
Yet most we glory in her greatness,
when,
She demonstrates her chiefest product -
MEN.
Bucyrus, Ohio.