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Show UTAH DAY (Recited by Mrs. Leva Luke at the celebration of Utah Day, Thursday, April Ap-ril 25, at Orangeville.) Fair Utah sits enthroned among a thousand thou-sand hills. Bedecked with roses sweet and lilies fair; Fncircled 'round about with dancing, sparkling rills, Adorned with colors which the artist passions thrills. And smiling Nature triumuhs everywhere. The weary pilgrims enter now in state, The pioneers of sixty years ago, The stalwarts who have made this desert des-ert great The heroes who have banished every foe i They are the honored guests of whom i we're singing For them the drums are beat for them the bells are ringing; Utah to them will gladly honor show. What greetings shall we give these pioneers? pio-neers? What reverence for service can we show What salutation after sixty years? Of their brave manhood little do we know The fruitage of their honest toil we're reaping While in the grave most of their band are sleeping To whom a dept of gratitude we owe. j I Living in tents and wagons; lacking . bread: Searching for roots and herbs o'er hill and dale, What can we say what is there to be said? It is too late, their hardships to bewail. Cast memory back and view the barren land Found by the pioneers, in that July When through the canyons filed that fearless band Who in implicit faith on God relied. And afterward they ploughed the desert des-ert soil, Planted their seeds, and watering them with skill; But ttiey must onward press and search and toil, Their self-appointed labor to fulfill. And when the highest mountain peaks descrying Climbed to its top, the flag of freedom flying, True to their patriot blood and country still. And now today their desolated plains, Are filled with numerous people, and we see Fertility and plenty, That wait on skill and well-trained industry in-dustry And sons and daughters, Utah's pride are growing; And all her schools an t colleges o'er- flowing. The hope of generations yet to be. Great institutions flourish in the State. Where f re "dom spreads her banner far and wide. And purity and trutli wil I make a people peo-ple great, If excellence and virtue b their guide, I The crowning honor vet in Utah's destiny, dest-iny, Shall be her faith in God and human liberty. And even in the van of coming years, Whatever greatness tuny adorn her name, She'll cherish proudly still her Pioneers, And carve their deeds upon her hall of fame. Anil flinging out her h;;n;if:rs, let stars and stripes Float high on mountain cr.""st Fair' Utah stands today "The Wonder '.. of the West." |