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IN THE ANDES
Beneath the equator's fiery arch I feel
The heading axis of the carib.[?] and see
The neighboring stars their household lights reveal.
Night swims in glory, and my work[?] is free.
And all is silence. High the white peaks o'er
The dome of space the Southern Cross appears.
There is no space -- where space is not before --
There is no time, but time beyond appears,
Then what am I? 'Neath yonder tent of grass
Two happy creojes and their children sleep,
And in the night let Aldebaran pass,
And in their slumbers still their fond love keep
To wake in bliss -- love makes their lives divine;
Soul, what are mysteries if such love to thine?
HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH
The shadow of a great sorrow rests upon
this convention. Senator Hoar is dead. His
life was given in the service of his country
and of his fellow-men. For 40 years he was
one of those who guided and watched over
the fortunes of the republic. His achieve-
ments are written in the history of the Unit-
ed States, Patriot and statesman, orator and
scholar, lawyer and jurist, a great senator,
a leader of men, the commonwealth of Mas-
sachusetts, loved by him so deeply and served
by him so long, bows her head in grief as
she enrolls his name among the greatest of
those who have made, her past illustrious.
His abilities were commanding, his ideals
were noble, his conduct of life followed the
loftiest standards. He harkened always to
the cry of the desolate and oppressed, and
stood forth to fight their battles for them.
Pure of heart, stainless in honor, tender in
his affections, fearless and unswerving in
the path of duty, unfaltering in his loyalty
to friends and country, his life will be an
example and an inspiration to the generations
yet to be. He has died at the summit of
his great career. He met death with the
serene courage which had never failed him
in the trials of life, surrounded by all that .
should accompany old age, "like honor, love,
obedience, troops of friends."
"So he passed over, and all the trumpets
sounded on the other side."
