The Electric Telegraph.

The Electric Telegraph.Most wondrous specimen of art,With Nature’s laws combined,Thou actest an enchanter’s part,Unrivalled in its kind.United, at a moment’s dateTwo distant spots we see;Whilst time and space, annihilate,Are set at nought by thee.The fabled wonders, which of oldOur childhood loved to read,Have scarcely equal wonders told,To match thy light’ning speed.The waive of the magician’s wandBade distant scenes appear;—Whilst far off lands, at thy command,Obediently hear.O’er miles and miles the message flies;Yet scarcely it is said—When lo!—the listener repliesBefore a moment’s fled.When shall thy new-found influence cease?—How far will it extend?—Shall not its curious powers increase?—Remotest nations blend.Yet enemies thou needs’t must find—True merit raises spite—Then think of all the foes combinedWith which thou’lt have to fight:Ambassadors—who’ll be sent backFrom every foreign nation—With secretaries at their back,All dying of vexation.The post-office destroyed will be—For where’s the use of writing?—While answers will come back to usWhile queries we’re inditing.Let’s have a talk, then, quite at ease,And gossip while we may;Let’s chat awhile with the Chinese,And jest with Paraguay.We’ll ask a riddle in Peru—Tell tales in Ispahan,—Just speak a word in Timbuctoo—And whisper in Japan.As round the world thy influence rolls,For one, I shall not wonderTo find, through thee, the very polesCannot be kept asunder.A day at the Hall

Most wondrous specimen of art,With Nature’s laws combined,Thou actest an enchanter’s part,Unrivalled in its kind.United, at a moment’s dateTwo distant spots we see;Whilst time and space, annihilate,Are set at nought by thee.The fabled wonders, which of oldOur childhood loved to read,Have scarcely equal wonders told,To match thy light’ning speed.The waive of the magician’s wandBade distant scenes appear;—Whilst far off lands, at thy command,Obediently hear.O’er miles and miles the message flies;Yet scarcely it is said—When lo!—the listener repliesBefore a moment’s fled.When shall thy new-found influence cease?—How far will it extend?—Shall not its curious powers increase?—Remotest nations blend.Yet enemies thou needs’t must find—True merit raises spite—Then think of all the foes combinedWith which thou’lt have to fight:Ambassadors—who’ll be sent backFrom every foreign nation—With secretaries at their back,All dying of vexation.The post-office destroyed will be—For where’s the use of writing?—While answers will come back to usWhile queries we’re inditing.Let’s have a talk, then, quite at ease,And gossip while we may;Let’s chat awhile with the Chinese,And jest with Paraguay.We’ll ask a riddle in Peru—Tell tales in Ispahan,—Just speak a word in Timbuctoo—And whisper in Japan.As round the world thy influence rolls,For one, I shall not wonderTo find, through thee, the very polesCannot be kept asunder.

Most wondrous specimen of art,With Nature’s laws combined,Thou actest an enchanter’s part,Unrivalled in its kind.United, at a moment’s dateTwo distant spots we see;Whilst time and space, annihilate,Are set at nought by thee.The fabled wonders, which of oldOur childhood loved to read,Have scarcely equal wonders told,To match thy light’ning speed.The waive of the magician’s wandBade distant scenes appear;—Whilst far off lands, at thy command,Obediently hear.O’er miles and miles the message flies;Yet scarcely it is said—When lo!—the listener repliesBefore a moment’s fled.When shall thy new-found influence cease?—How far will it extend?—Shall not its curious powers increase?—Remotest nations blend.Yet enemies thou needs’t must find—True merit raises spite—Then think of all the foes combinedWith which thou’lt have to fight:Ambassadors—who’ll be sent backFrom every foreign nation—With secretaries at their back,All dying of vexation.The post-office destroyed will be—For where’s the use of writing?—While answers will come back to usWhile queries we’re inditing.Let’s have a talk, then, quite at ease,And gossip while we may;Let’s chat awhile with the Chinese,And jest with Paraguay.We’ll ask a riddle in Peru—Tell tales in Ispahan,—Just speak a word in Timbuctoo—And whisper in Japan.As round the world thy influence rolls,For one, I shall not wonderTo find, through thee, the very polesCannot be kept asunder.

Most wondrous specimen of art,With Nature’s laws combined,Thou actest an enchanter’s part,Unrivalled in its kind.

Most wondrous specimen of art,

With Nature’s laws combined,

Thou actest an enchanter’s part,

Unrivalled in its kind.

United, at a moment’s dateTwo distant spots we see;Whilst time and space, annihilate,Are set at nought by thee.

United, at a moment’s date

Two distant spots we see;

Whilst time and space, annihilate,

Are set at nought by thee.

The fabled wonders, which of oldOur childhood loved to read,Have scarcely equal wonders told,To match thy light’ning speed.

The fabled wonders, which of old

Our childhood loved to read,

Have scarcely equal wonders told,

To match thy light’ning speed.

The waive of the magician’s wandBade distant scenes appear;—Whilst far off lands, at thy command,Obediently hear.

The waive of the magician’s wand

Bade distant scenes appear;—

Whilst far off lands, at thy command,

Obediently hear.

O’er miles and miles the message flies;Yet scarcely it is said—When lo!—the listener repliesBefore a moment’s fled.

O’er miles and miles the message flies;

Yet scarcely it is said—

When lo!—the listener replies

Before a moment’s fled.

When shall thy new-found influence cease?—How far will it extend?—Shall not its curious powers increase?—Remotest nations blend.

When shall thy new-found influence cease?—

How far will it extend?—

Shall not its curious powers increase?—

Remotest nations blend.

Yet enemies thou needs’t must find—True merit raises spite—Then think of all the foes combinedWith which thou’lt have to fight:

Yet enemies thou needs’t must find—

True merit raises spite—

Then think of all the foes combined

With which thou’lt have to fight:

Ambassadors—who’ll be sent backFrom every foreign nation—With secretaries at their back,All dying of vexation.

Ambassadors—who’ll be sent back

From every foreign nation—

With secretaries at their back,

All dying of vexation.

The post-office destroyed will be—For where’s the use of writing?—While answers will come back to usWhile queries we’re inditing.

The post-office destroyed will be—

For where’s the use of writing?—

While answers will come back to us

While queries we’re inditing.

Let’s have a talk, then, quite at ease,And gossip while we may;Let’s chat awhile with the Chinese,And jest with Paraguay.

Let’s have a talk, then, quite at ease,

And gossip while we may;

Let’s chat awhile with the Chinese,

And jest with Paraguay.

We’ll ask a riddle in Peru—Tell tales in Ispahan,—Just speak a word in Timbuctoo—And whisper in Japan.

We’ll ask a riddle in Peru—

Tell tales in Ispahan,—

Just speak a word in Timbuctoo—

And whisper in Japan.

As round the world thy influence rolls,For one, I shall not wonderTo find, through thee, the very polesCannot be kept asunder.

As round the world thy influence rolls,

For one, I shall not wonder

To find, through thee, the very poles

Cannot be kept asunder.

A day at the Hall

A day at the Hall


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