![]() ![]() They heard the panther yell, the eagle screaming, The rattling snake, coiled for his deadly spring, The Cherokees, our states primeval warders, Chase the wild deer, and light their council fires Still live the men who, in her urban borders Saw where today they see a thousand spires To faith like hers, to such sublime insistence, Fate yields, and with a smile her gate unbars! With eagle eyes she scans the forward distance, And reads her happy future in the stars With comely grace and stately mien befitting The sovereign ruler of a mighty land "Looks down upon no lordlier dominion, No richer realm, no heritage more fair.Ġur peerless Queen! Behold her calmly sitting, Holding the reins of empire in her hand, The bird that farthest cleaves, with daring pinion, The azure spaces of empyrean air, To where the oceans opalescent gleaming Illumes shell-jeweled shores, her empire spreads How splendid is her smile! like sunshine raying Its iridescent glory after rain,Īs she looks forth with sparkling eyes surveying The panorama of her vast domain įrom mountains, which beneath the north stars beaming Sublimely lift to heaven their snow-crowned heads, Majestic, beautiful, a shape of splendor, With Beautys magic cestus chastely zoned,Ī Queen1,to whom true hearts their homage render, Upon her hills Atlanta sits enthroned PIONEER CITIZENS SOCIETT OF ATLANTA, 1902. Records containing the words bread and butter or bread and fruit Records containing the phrase “African American” and art Records with the word Brunswick but not the word stew Records with the word low that also contain girl and/or scouts Truncation and wildcards are not supported This Search You can use parentheses in your complex expressions Use "OR", "AND", and "NOT" (must be capitalized) to create complex boolean logic Use "-" before a word or phrase to exclude Use "+" before a term to make it required (Otherwise results matching only some of your terms may be included) Use quotation marks to search as a phrase ![]() Select "Full text" to search only the scanned or transcribed text for items. Select "Records" to search only metadata for items. ![]() Select "Records and Full text" to search both the metadata and available full text. ![]()
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