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MEXICObyJOSEPH WHARTON

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MEXICObyJOSEPH WHARTON

PRIVATELY PRINTEDChristmas

1902


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MEXICO


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\\ 1 1 i thou have respite from this modern lifeThat wastes thy soul in trade's or fashion's strife?Wilt thou cast off dull toil and paltry care,In Nature's tree magnificence to share?Lov'st thou the tales ot old, romantic times,( )t wild adventures in luxurious climes?And soars thy eager fancy tar away,

I ii reach some tropic Eden or Cathay,Where thou in sunny happiness may'st ranee'Mid scenes and peoples picturesquely strange?Fond dreamer, pining thus, why hunger so?Before thee lies mysterious Mexico.


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LA VIGA CANAL AND CUSTOM-HOUSE


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Vast, sun-dried table lands, where dust-whirls riseLike phantom serpents struggling to the skies;Huge, barren mountains veined with precious ore,\ii h for past centuries, rich tor ages more ;5 road, placid lakes where wildfowl feed and splash.Superb ravines where plunging torrents dash,mperial peaks with gleaming snow-crest crowned,

I he beacons ol a hundred miles around;.arge, fertile regions stretching warm and wadeTo meet the ocean hounds on either side ;irandeur and loveliness in endless show ;)elicious air. All this is Mexico.


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VALLEY OF PUEBLA, CHOLULA, FROM I1IK TOP OF THEAZTEC PYR Willi

RUINS AT AIA'ARAImi


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Pines on the mountain, palms upon the plain,Abounding wealth of coffee, corn, and cane,(actus and yucca ot quaint prickly forms,Armed at all points, unheeding toes or storms ;Maguey, whose serried ranks (ill many a held,That 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 will growVcquaint with these who visits Mexico.


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STREET VIEW, CORDOVA, SHOWING PEAK OF ORIZABA

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BUM. FIGHT ENTRANCE OF THE FIGHTERS


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[VWhite towns and cities that recall old Spain,As it the Moor and Cid were come again,l>\ stony roads approached on every side,Where mule trains toil and caballeros ride ;Tall stone cathedrals, huts of reeds and clay,Like priests that rule 'mid humble folk that pax - ;A crude republic, rogues and patriots blentWith the great mass to both indifferent.The soldier patient, rascally, and brave,

I he peasant abject, but not quite a slave :A furtive race, dark, superstitious, slow.Skilled in old arts, is that of Mexico.


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THE CATHEDRAL, CITY OF MEXICO

A NATIVE HUT BY THE W U SIDE, CORDO\ \


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V( hit from the towns, with their commingled strain( >t Spanish blood, these native men remainThe Indian tribes I lernando Cortes met,Their ancient languages not perished yet,Nor dim observance of old heathen rite,Nor savage passion, deadly quick in fight;\ et kindly aid to stranger guest is given,And Mary trusted as the Queen oi I leaven.Knowing and having little, but content,In daily toil their simple lives are" spent.A base content is this the gods bestow;M


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H^1 IFARMER HOYS. ORIZABA


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VIFor, when in Mexico's barbaric dayFierce king and host met king in bloody fray;When captives, to the war-gods1 temples led,Were butchered by the priests, who on them fed,Their grim idolatry's abhorrent blightBlinded all eyes to reason's cheerful light;And when the conquering Spanish bigots came.Little recked they of mercy or of shame.Ground by such cruel centuries of wrong,What race was ever frankly true or strong?This race, outlasting king and priest and foe.Abides and waits, possessing Mexico.


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NATIVES PLOUGHING WITH OXEN, LEON

CHURCH l:UM BY 't'KI is, CHOLULA


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Historic splendors have, they ot their own.See the great Montezuma fill their throne.Ruling, except small Tlaxcala, all the landWith the stern mastery ot supreme command.I lis foes subjected, and as vassals tied.Empire and tribute his on every side,from north to south, from coast to high plateau,I lis will is law, his swift-foot runners go.What though strange lords their race; in bondage heldIn alter days! Were not those lords expelled?Well may their past inspire a patriot glow01 hope and faith for future Mexico.


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VQUEDUCT OF THE ('IKE, ATOTO

\\ I M E DEE ORIENT, CITY OF MEXICO


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VII]Meanwhile a deep and true content is theirs,( )ne that their highest with the humblest shares ;The sweet repose ! home, the ties of kin,With all the bliss that faithful love can win.Does vice offend; what land from vice is clean?No tongue defends it, for no plea can screen.Bui see the countless homes where virtue reigns,\\ here loud affection hinds with silken chains ;Parents with children linked in sweet accord,Friend true to friend, and spouse; by spouse adored\\ hat purer happiness dwells here below,

I han in the sacred homes ol Mexico?


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IXAnd lo ! A tint of dawn is in the sky,That tdls t fateful changes drawing nigh ;For even here the modern impulse stirs,And here the truth has honest worshippers.Not vainly does the nation's spirit wake,Resolved a nobler course henceforth to take,[ share the great world's progress, and to standErect 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,When they are men to match their Mexico!


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THE VALLEY OF MALTRADA

THE TERRACE, CASTLE OF (HAITI I I in


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XNeed the) a friendly ruler by their side,rhe law's strong champion and his country's prideA chid courageous, temperate, and just.On whom their hearts may lean with loyal trust;One who will show them how in every land,Nature's crude hoards yield to the skilful hand,And how, with equal rights, each opening' mindMay 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.


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BENITO JUAREZFirst President of Mexico

PORFIRIO DIAZPresident of Mexico


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XI( )h. land majestic ! Apt for all delight,

Sweet womanly languors, and high deeds t man.Lie prone no more beneath the palsying ban

Of crusted usage! On thy valleys dightWith tropic verdure, thy cold mountains' height,And blissful slopes which temperate- breezes fan.Breathes the new air that through the ages ran

\\ henever God turned men toward the light.hoes our proud race alone enjoy the sun.Or does the rain make yreen no fields but ours ?

Prophetic eyes but faintly have begunIo see the lofty climax of thy powers,

\\ hen the lull noontide of thy day is won.And gathering night on weary Europe lowers.

JOSEPH WHARTON]*nii \di i Mil v, May, iS.,1


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FALLS OF JUANACATLAN

VIEW (if PUEBLA, SHOWING MOUNT POPOCATEPETL


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STATUE OF QUAUHTEMOC, CITY OF MEXICO


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