Excerpt from History of Plymouth, New Hampshire;, Narrative Genealogies, Vol. 1
Plymouth! My childhood"s cherished home
By Pemigevvasset"s side,
My thoughts to thee still fondly roam
With never failing pride.
What though the ruthless hand of Time,
And man"s, more ruthless still,
Have swept the glories of your prime
From homestead vale and hill,
Yet memory wanders with delight,
Amid your woods and streams,
Where lurks the ever beckoning sprite
Of youth"s departed dreams.
Though saddening thoughts will cluster round
Where once our homestead stood,
Like standing on a funeral mound
In retrospective mood,
While vanished joys and early loves
Like haunting mourners stand,
And long-stilled voices from their coves
Reflect the shadowy band,
Still beauty lingers "mid decay,
With fading glories blent,
As round the broken vase of clay
Will cling the roses" scent.
I gaze enraptured on your hills
Which compass you around
Like sentinels, whose silence thrills,
To guard enchanted ground.
While northward grandeur bold and clear
Confronts the searching eye,
Where Pelion upon Ossa rear
Those cloud-capped hills on high.
Down through the valley"s peaceful glades
The Pemigewasset flows,
A mirror of the lights and shades
That in its depths repose.
Its source amid the granite walls
Springs pure and fresh and free,
And hastening to its destined falls,
Commingling, seeks the sea.
Like niche reserved for household gods
In memory"s sacred cell,
I"ll shrine thee, Plymouth, till thy sods
Shall cover me as well.
And thou, fair river, onward glide,
Thou to thy course art true;
May I, with all my human pride,
A lesson learn from you.
Walter M. Rogers.
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