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Maud May Parker

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Description:Excerpt from Louisiana: A Pageant of Yesterday and to-Day Prologue. (A trumpet is heard. Curtains are slightly drawn. - Enter Herald.) Herald: Good greetings, friends! Glad greetings, one and all!Haste Ye! Make ready for our noble queen, The Fair Louisiana, she who reignsO'er more than half the mighty new-found world.How tender is her sway, and yet how strong, To hold within her hands, like children's toys, The splendid regions of the northern lakes, The mystic, dreamy, soulful south-land far.See, how she comes with Springtime in her tread, Upspringing 'neath her feet the clover sweet, Upon her head the starry jessamine -Plucked from the whiteness of the Milky Way.Magnolias are her cheeks, and her rich lipsThe ripened seed of all Magnolia blooms;Wood-brown her eyes with depths as calm and clearAs gentle bayous overhung by trees.France wears her as a jewel in her crown, Brave, noble France! And yet in years to comeFrance must resign this gem, must yield this giftTo that strong mother of a younger race, America, born of the giant mightOf all the mingled forces of the world.Yet let us not o'er-vision you with dreams.Louisiana comes; great her with joy! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Louisiana (Classic Reprint): A Pageant of Yesterday and to-Day. To get started finding Louisiana (Classic Reprint): A Pageant of Yesterday and to-Day, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Louisiana: A Pageant of Yesterday and to-Day Prologue. (A trumpet is heard. Curtains are slightly drawn. - Enter Herald.) Herald: Good greetings, friends! Glad greetings, one and all!Haste Ye! Make ready for our noble queen, The Fair Louisiana, she who reignsO'er more than half the mighty new-found world.How tender is her sway, and yet how strong, To hold within her hands, like children's toys, The splendid regions of the northern lakes, The mystic, dreamy, soulful south-land far.See, how she comes with Springtime in her tread, Upspringing 'neath her feet the clover sweet, Upon her head the starry jessamine -Plucked from the whiteness of the Milky Way.Magnolias are her cheeks, and her rich lipsThe ripened seed of all Magnolia blooms;Wood-brown her eyes with depths as calm and clearAs gentle bayous overhung by trees.France wears her as a jewel in her crown, Brave, noble France! And yet in years to comeFrance must resign this gem, must yield this giftTo that strong mother of a younger race, America, born of the giant mightOf all the mingled forces of the world.Yet let us not o'er-vision you with dreams.Louisiana comes; great her with joy! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Louisiana (Classic Reprint): A Pageant of Yesterday and to-Day. To get started finding Louisiana (Classic Reprint): A Pageant of Yesterday and to-Day, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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