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Show THE GRAY-HAIRED VETERAN. Th boys In blue! How proud we were Tel. time, with transformation strange, When first they marched away; Has touched them in his flight. How proud we are. mid scenes more fair, The hair once brown begins to change To welcome them to-day! To venerable white. They're still the boys with earnest hearts And so, fate's iroriv anew That years can never chill: Asserts a gentle sway: Boys ready still to do their parts Since they who were the boys in blue And do them with a will. Are now the boys in gray. Washington Star. |