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.