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Poem
October 21, 1842
Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
A celebratory ode written for the completion of the Croton Aqueduct in New York City, sung by the New York Sacred Music Society at the Park Fountain, personifying the pure water as a mountain goddess bringing health, safety, and temperance.
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POETRY.
WHY YET REMAINS UNSUNG?
Written at the request of the Corporation of the City of N. York:
THE CROTON ODE:
And sung in front of the Park Fountain, by the Members of the
New York Sacred Music Society, on the completion of
THE CROTON AQUEDUCT
By GEORGE P. MORRIS, Esq.
Gushing from this living fountain,
Music pours a falling strain,
As the Goddess of the Mountain
Comes with all her sparkling train.
From her grotto spring advancing,
Glittering in her feathery spray,
Woodland fays beside her dancing,
She pursues her winding way.
Gently o'er the rippling water
In her coral shallop bright,
Glides the rock-king's dark-eyed daughter,
Deck'd in robes of virgin white.
Nymphs and naiads, sweetly smiling,
Urge her bark with steady hand,
Merrily the sylph beguiling
From the nooks of fairy-land.
Swimming on the snow-curl'd billow,
See the river-spirits fair,
Lay their cheeks, as on a pillow,
With the foam beads in their hair.
Thus attended, hither wending,
Floats the lovely one we own.
Eden's arch of promise bending
Over her translucent brow.
Hail the wanderer from a far land
Bind her flowing tresses up!
Crown her with a fadeless garland.
And with crystal brim the cup.
From her haunts of deep seclusion,
Let Intemp'rance greet her too.
And the heat of his delusion
Sprinkle with this mountain-dew.
Water leaps as if elated,
While her conquer'd foes retire!
Pale Contagion, sore affrighted,
With the baffled demon Fire!
Safety dwells in her dominions.
Health and Beauty with her move,
And entwine their circling pinions
In a sisterhood of love.
Water shouts a glad hosanna!
Bubbles up the earth to bless?
Cheers the like the precious manna.
Here we wondering gaze, assembled
In the barren wilderness.
Like the grateful Hebrew band.
When the hidden fountain trembled.
And obeyed the prophet's wand.
Round the Aqueducts of story,
As the mists of Lethe throng.
Croton's waves, in all their glory,
Troop in melody along-
Ever sparkling, bright and single,
Will this rock-ribbed stream appear,
When Posterity shall mingle
Like the gathered waters here.
WHY YET REMAINS UNSUNG?
Written at the request of the Corporation of the City of N. York:
THE CROTON ODE:
And sung in front of the Park Fountain, by the Members of the
New York Sacred Music Society, on the completion of
THE CROTON AQUEDUCT
By GEORGE P. MORRIS, Esq.
Gushing from this living fountain,
Music pours a falling strain,
As the Goddess of the Mountain
Comes with all her sparkling train.
From her grotto spring advancing,
Glittering in her feathery spray,
Woodland fays beside her dancing,
She pursues her winding way.
Gently o'er the rippling water
In her coral shallop bright,
Glides the rock-king's dark-eyed daughter,
Deck'd in robes of virgin white.
Nymphs and naiads, sweetly smiling,
Urge her bark with steady hand,
Merrily the sylph beguiling
From the nooks of fairy-land.
Swimming on the snow-curl'd billow,
See the river-spirits fair,
Lay their cheeks, as on a pillow,
With the foam beads in their hair.
Thus attended, hither wending,
Floats the lovely one we own.
Eden's arch of promise bending
Over her translucent brow.
Hail the wanderer from a far land
Bind her flowing tresses up!
Crown her with a fadeless garland.
And with crystal brim the cup.
From her haunts of deep seclusion,
Let Intemp'rance greet her too.
And the heat of his delusion
Sprinkle with this mountain-dew.
Water leaps as if elated,
While her conquer'd foes retire!
Pale Contagion, sore affrighted,
With the baffled demon Fire!
Safety dwells in her dominions.
Health and Beauty with her move,
And entwine their circling pinions
In a sisterhood of love.
Water shouts a glad hosanna!
Bubbles up the earth to bless?
Cheers the like the precious manna.
Here we wondering gaze, assembled
In the barren wilderness.
Like the grateful Hebrew band.
When the hidden fountain trembled.
And obeyed the prophet's wand.
Round the Aqueducts of story,
As the mists of Lethe throng.
Croton's waves, in all their glory,
Troop in melody along-
Ever sparkling, bright and single,
Will this rock-ribbed stream appear,
When Posterity shall mingle
Like the gathered waters here.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
What themes does it cover?
Science Progress
Nature Seasons
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Croton Aqueduct Ode
George P Morris
New York Water Celebration
Park Fountain
Temperance Water Verse
What entities or persons were involved?
George P. Morris, Esq.
Poem Details
Title
Why Yet Remains Unsung? The Croton Ode
Author
George P. Morris, Esq.
Subject
On The Completion Of The Croton Aqueduct, Sung By The New York Sacred Music Society At The Park Fountain
Form / Style
Rhymed Trochaic Verse In Regular Stanzas
Key Lines
Gushing From This Living Fountain, / Music Pours A Falling Strain, / As The Goddess Of The Mountain / Comes With All Her Sparkling Train.
Water Leaps As If Elated, / While Her Conquer'd Foes Retire! / Pale Contagion, Sore Affrighted, / With The Baffled Demon Fire!
Ever Sparkling, Bright And Single, / Will This Rock Ribbed Stream Appear, / When Posterity Shall Mingle / Like The Gathered Waters Here.