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Title: 1642-1892. Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ... to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Converse, Parker Lindall, 1822-1899
Subjects: Legends
Publisher: Woburn, Mass., Printed for subscribers only
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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ht crimson, pink mottled, and light green besides ;While the Angel of Death shall stay his advance,Till Autumn and Summer together shall danceIn the second sweet warm spell, which will surely come.When the sun grows low, and the grasshoppers hum ;And the Fairies and Wood Nymphs shall trip oer again.Their moonlight weird gambols, in warmth all the same ;While the soft hazy air, oer the mountains and lea,Shall shimmer and tremble through each colored tiee,And mild Autumn shall have full absolute sway,To so clothe each tree, eer he goeth away.So the Old Year will die, with bright colors oer all.And not with the former funereal pall;Then Death will seem pleasant, with a heavenly glow,As youve asked, tis granted, to be always so.Now as, when you called, for your sakes I came.The Indian Summer I now give as its name ;And every year, when the red banners fly,Remember Great Manitou up in the sky.The Spirits voice ceased, for the angel had gone.But the promise was made, and has ever been done.
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Weather Legends of Woburn. Never prophesy onless ye know. —Biglow Papers.There was a time of yore, before the rayOf science came to light the darksome way ;When men groped aimlessly about,Without the knowledge to remove the doubt.Their untrained reason, in mount, cloud or tree,Saw signs, heard sounds, which solved the mystery;By wisdom taught, expanded views they gained.And higher rose, as effort higher aimed.Till, like Prometheus, in their daring flightThey scaled the Heavens, and snatched the wished-for light.So now, tis plain that nature works by lawsImmortal, sure, for each result a causeIs found, why this, or that, of right should be,Why all the factors work in harmony.Why storms, winds, calms, and sunshine alternate ;Why earthquake shocks the mounts, and vales create;Why air and ocean currents vary notFrom age to age their steady march ; in short,Creations plan, which seemed so blind at first.Is solved by human godlike power at last. ND so, in the centuries gone by, whensociet

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