ON HIS PRESENTING A PARK FOR RECREATION TO THE WORKING MEN OF COATBRIDGE. HAIL! noble mind, that formed the liberal plan: Hail! generous heart, that on the working man, With kindly courtesy, this day bestowed A valued boon; while thousand bosoms glow'd With grateful feeling. May thy high intent And noble purpose to its full extent Be blest and gratified. Thy willing aid Both past and present, be it ever paid With honour, by the class whom thy design Is to improve—to elevate—refine. May high success attend thy every plan To raise the @3status@1 of the working man. And she, the gentle partner of thy life, A gracious lady and a tender wife, Whose loving charities so oft assuage The pains of want, disease, and helpless age: Who bids her teacher sway with gentle rule The youthful pupils in the "Lady's School," All sacred truth upon their hearts to bind, And "pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind." For this—for all—may ye, O honoured pair, Heaven's richest, choicest blessings ever share! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PROSIT NEUJAHR by GEORGE SANTAYANA HAMATREYA by RALPH WALDO EMERSON ASPECTS OF THE PINES by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE HIGH FLIGHT by JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR. THE LAST GOODBYE by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON MR. FLOOD'S PARTY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE ROYAL CROWN by ISRAEL ABRAHAMS EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 14. THE POWERFUL ATTRACTION by PHILIP AYRES |