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MEXICO
by

JOSEPH

WHARTON

PRIVATELY PRINTED
<Cf)ritma
1902

MEXICO
by

JOSEPH

WHARTON

PRIVATELY PRINTED

Christmas
1902

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thou have respite from this

in

modern

life

That wastes thy soul

trade's or fashion's strife?

toil

Wilt thou cast

In

off

dull

and paltry

care,

Nature's tree magnificence to share?

thou the tales
in

Lov'st
(

ot

old,

romantic times,

)t

wild adventures

luxurious climes?

And
I

soars thy eager fancy tar away,

ii

reach

some
in

tropic

Eden or Cathay,

Where

thou

sunny happiness may'st ranee

'Mid scenes and peoples picturesquely strange?

Fond dreamer, pining

Before thee
lies

thus,

why hunger so?

mysterious Mexico.

LA VIGA

CANAL AND CUSTOM-HOUSE

II

Vast, sun-dried table lands,

where dust-whirls

rise

Like phantom serpents struggling to the skies;

Huge, barren mountains veined with precious

\ii

ore,

for

past centuries, rich tor ages

more

road, placid lakes

where wildfowl feed and splash.

Superb ravines where plunging torrents dash,

mperial peaks with gleaming snow-crest crowned,
I

he beacons
.arge,
fertile

ol

hundred miles around;

regions stretching

warm and wade

;

To meet the ocean hounds on either side

irandeur and loveliness
)elicious air.
in
is

endless show

All

this

Mexico.

VALLEY OF PUEBLA, CHOLULA, FROM

AZTEC PYR
Willi

I1IK

TOP OF

THE

RUINS AT AIA'ARAImi

Ill

Pines on the mountain, palms upon the plain,

Abounding wealth of
(actus and yucca
ot

coffee,

corn,

and cane,

quaint prickly forms,

Armed

at

all

points,

unheeding toes or storms

(ill

Maguey, whose serried ranks

That
(

many

a held,
;

fiery

mesial and smooth pulque yield

ray birds

and

insects, countless

fruits

and

flowers,

Bull-fights

profaning the sweet Sabbath hours;

Ploughs made of wood, that feebly scratch the ground

\\

heat threshed on dirt by oxen trampling round

Tortillas

and

frijoles.

He
who

will

grow
Mexico.

Vcquaint with these

visits

STREET VIEW, CORDOVA, SHOWING PEAK OF ORIZABA

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BUM. FIGHT ENTRANCE OF THE FIGHTERS

[V

White towns and

cities

that recall old Spain,

As
l>\

it

the

Moor and Cid were come

again,

stony roads approached on every side,

trains toil

Where mule

and caballeros

ride

Tall stone cathedrals, huts of reeds

and

clay,
;

Like priests that rule 'mid humble folk that pax

crude republic, rogues and patriots blent

the great

With

mass

to

both indifferent.

The
I

soldier patient, rascally,

and brave,
:

he peasant abject, but not quite a slave

furtive
race,

dark, superstitious, slow.

is

Skilled in old arts,

that of Mexico.

THE CATHEDRAL,

CITY OF MEXICO

A NATIVE

HUT

BY

THE W U

SIDE,

CORDO\

V
(

hit
>t

from the towns, with their commingled strain

Spanish blood, these native men remain

Indian
tribes
I

The

lernando Cortes met,

yet,
rite,

Their ancient languages not perished

Nor dim observance

Nor savage
\ et

of

old heathen
in
is

passion, deadly quick

fight;

kindly aid to stranger guest

trusted as the
little,

given,
I

And Mary

Queen

oi

leaven.

Knowing and having

In

but content,

daily

toil

their simple lives are" spent.

is

base content
to
live

this

the gods bestow;

M<anlv

glorious

Mexico.

^1

I
HOYS.

FARMER

ORIZABA

INDIAN BOYS, TOLUCA

VI
For,

when

in

Mexico's barbaric day

Fierce king and host

met king
1

in

bloody fray;
led, fed,

When
Were

captives,

to

the war-gods

temples

butchered by the priests,

who on them

Their grim

idolatry's abhorrent blight

Blinded

all

eyes to reason's cheerful light;

the conquering Spanish bigots came.
of

And when
Little

recked they

mercy or of shame.

Ground by such

cruel centuries of wrong,

What

race was ever frankly true or strong?

foe.

This race, outlasting king and priest and

Abides and

waits,

possessing Mexico.

;>.-#>'.

NATIVES PLOUGHING WITH OXEN, LEON

CHURCH l:UM

BY 't'KI

is,

CHOLULA

VII
Historic splendors have, they ot
their

own.

See the great Montezuma

Ruling,

fill

their throne.
all

except small Tlaxcala,

stern

the land

With the
I

mastery

ot

supreme command.
tied.

lis

foes subjected,

and as vassals

Empire and

tribute his on every side,

from
I

north to south, from coast to high plateau,

is

lis

will

law,

his swift-foot

runners go.
race; in

What though
In

strange lords their

bondage held

alter days!

Were

not those lords expelled?

Well may

their past
faith

inspire a patriot

glow

01 hope and

for

future

Mexico.

VQUEDUCT OF THE

('IKE,

ATOTO

\\

DEE ORIENT, CITY OF MEXICO

VII]

Meanwhile
(

deep and true content

is

theirs,

)ne that

their

highest with the humblest shares

<>!

The sweet repose

With
all

home, the

ties

of

kin,

the bliss that faithful love can win.

Does

vice

offend;

what land from vice

it,

is

clean?

No tongue
Bui
\\

defends

for

no plea can screen.

virtue reigns,
;

see the countless

homes where

here loud affection hinds with silken chains

in

Parents with children linked

sweet accord,

Friend true to friend, and spouse; by spouse adored

\\ hat
I

purer happiness dwells here below,

in

han

the sacred

homes

ol

Mexico?

\<

El

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Ill

rs,

Jl

VN V.CATLAN

IX

And

lo

A
<>t

tint

of

dawn

is

in

the sky,
;

That tdls

fateful

changes drawing nigh

stirs,

For even here the modern impulse

And

here the truth has honest worshippers.

spirit

Not vainly does the nation's

wake,
to take,

Resolved a nobler course henceforth

[<>

share the great world's progress, and to stand

Erect beside our friendly neighboring land.

These men,

who

twice have burst their alien chain.

Must soke the easier problems that remain.

What

affluent wealth

and glory may they know,

to

When

they are

men

match

their

Mexico!

THE VALLEY OF MALTRADA

THE TERRACE, CASTLE OF (HAITI

in

X
Need
the)
a

friendly

ruler by their side,

rhe law's strong champion and his country's pride

A chid courageous, temperate, and

just.

On whom
One who
And how,

their hearts
will

may

lean with loyal trust;

in

show them how

every land,

Nature's crude hoards yield to the skilful hand,

with equal rights, each opening' mind

May

all

the roads to

power and increase

find?

As rose our Washington, serenely

great.

And

patient Lincoln, saviour of the State;

rheir native Juarez laid the usurper low,

fheir Diaz guards

and guides

their

Mexico.

BENITO JUAREZ
First

President of

Mexico

PORFIRIO DIAZ
President of Mexico

XI
(

)h.

land majestic

Apt

for all

delight,
<>t

Sweet womanly languors, and high deeds

Lie prone no

man.

more beneath

the palsying ban

Of

crusted usage!
tropic

On

thy valleys dight

With

verdure,

thy cold mountains' height,

And

blissful

slopes which temperate- breezes fan.

air

Breathes the new

\\

that through the ages ran

henever

God

turned

men toward

the light.
sun.

hoes our proud race alone enjoy the

Or does

the rain

make yreen no

fields

but ours

Prophetic eyes but faintly have begun

Io see the lofty climax of

\\

thy powers,
is

hen the

lull

noontide

of

thy day

won.

And gathering

night on weary

Europe lowers.

JOSEPH
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WHARTON

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May,

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