Lee: The Centennial Celebration and Centennial History of the Town of Lee, Mass |
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Abner Taylor Academy acres appointed April Barrington Bassett Berkshire County Boston brought building built called Capt Centennial Centennial Day citizens committee Congregational Church Conn Court Crocker district early east Ephraim Williams erected farm father feet Foote furnished Gale Garfield Grant Hartford Hartwood High School hills honor Hope Davis Hoplands Housatonic Housatonic railroad Housatonic River Howk Hulbert Hyde's incorporated Indian Jesse Bradley John Josiah Yale July June labor Laflin land Lenox lived manufacture March Massachusetts meeting-house memory Messrs miles minister mountain Nathan Bassett Oliver Partridge parish pastor Peter Wilcox pews Pittsfield Porter preached present pupils records Regiment residence river road Royce Sabbath Samuel Selectmen society South Lee Springfield Stockbridge Stockbridge Indians street Taylor teachers tion to-day town meeting town of Lee town voted township Tyringham village West Whiton Williams College Winegar
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Page 25 - I, Freedom, dwell with Knowledge: I abide With men whom dust of faction cannot blind To the slow tracings of the Eternal Mind; With men by culture trained and fortified, Who bitter duty to sweet lusts prefer, Fearless to counsel and obey.
Page 61 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Page 25 - The envious Powers of ill nor wink nor sleep : Be therefore timely wise, Nor laugh when this one steals, and that one lies, As if your luck could cheat those sleepless spies, Till the deaf Fury comes your house to sweep!
Page 24 - Tell me, young men, have ye seen Creature of diviner mien For true hearts to long and cry for, Manly hearts to live and die for ? What...
Page 75 - O'er our land from shore to shore : There are freemen yet to wave it, Millions who would die to save it, Wave it, save it, evermore.
Page 24 - Oh for an hour of my prime, The pulse of my hotter years, That I might praise her in rhyme Would tingle your eyelids to tears, Our sweetness, our strength, and our star, Our hope, our joy, and our trust, Who lifted us out of the dust, And made us whatever we are ! IV.
Page 24 - WHO cometh over the hills, Her garments with morning sweet, The dance of a thousand rills Making music before her feet ? Her presence freshens the air ; Sunshine steals light from her face; The leaden footstep of Care Leaps to the tune of her pace, Fairness of all that is fair, Grace at the heart of all grace, Sweetener of hut and of hall, Bringer of life out of naught, Freedom, oh, fairest of all The daughters of Time and Thought...
Page 111 - These mountains are for the most part of gentle aclivity, and are cultivated, in some places, quite to their summits. From the base of these mountains, the surface of the earth is rather uneven, occasionally rising into hills of considerable height, but generally descending, until it reaches the plain upon the banks of the Housatonic.
Page 26 - Equal deliverance brought ! Souls of her martyrs, draw near, Touch our dull lips with your fire, That we may praise without fear Her our delight, our desire, Our faith's inextinguishable star, Our hope, our remembrance, our trust, Our present, our past, our to be, Who will mingle her life with...