... All down the hills of Habersham, All through the valleys of Hall, The rushes cried _Abide, abide_, The wilful waterweeds held me thrall, The laving laurel turned my tide, The ferns and the fondling grass said _Stay_. The dewberry dipped for to work delay, And the little reeds sighed _Abide, abide_, _Here in the hills of Habersham_, _Here in the valleys of Hall_. SIDNEY LANIER _British Government declared suspended in North Carolina (Mecklenburg) 1775_ June THE SLEEPER At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon. An opiate vapor, dewy, dim, Exhales from out her golden rim, And, softly dripping, drop by drop, Upon the quiet mountain top, Steals drowsily and musically Into the universal valley. The rosemary nods upon the grave; The lily lolls upon the wave; Wrapping the fog above its breast, The ruin moulders into rest; Looking like Lethe, see! the lake A conscious slumber seems to take, And would not, for the world, awake. EDGAR ALLAN POE June First ... The year, And all the gentle daughters in her train, March in our ranks, and in our service wield Long spears of golden grain! A yellow blossom as her fairy shield, June flings her azure banner to the wind, While in the order of their birth Her sisters pass, and many an ample field Grows white beneath their steps, till now, behold, Its endless sheets unfold The snow of Southern summers! HENRY TIMROD (_Ethnogenesis_) _Kentucky admitted to the Union, 1792_ _Tennessee admitted to the Union, 1796_ _John H. Morgan born, 1825_ June Second In regard to African Slavery, which has played so important a part in our political history, Randolph was an Emancipationist, as distinguished from an Abolitionist. This distinction was a very broad one; as broad as that between Algernon Sidney and Jack Cade; or between Charlemagne and Peter the Hermit--in fact, it was the difference between Reason and Fanaticism. On this subject Randolph and Clay concurred; both were Emancipationists, and both denounced the Abolitionists; as did also Webster, and all the best, wisest, and purest men of that day. JUDGE DANIEL BEDINGER LUCAS _John Randolph born, 1773_ June Third Other leaders have had their triumphs. Conquerors have won crowns, and honors have been piled on the victors of earth's great battles, but never, sir, came man to more loving people. HENRY W. GRADY _Jefferson Davis born in Kentucky, 1808_ June Fourth