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Show IN MEMORIAM. A laurel wreath for ach Rood gray hend, Honor for each of tho scar thoy bear; Tears for tlio blood that tlicy had to shed, SIrIis for the Ills that tlicy had to share; J.ovo for tlielr hope, when hopo had (led From the weak who cowered In pale despair. de-spair. Fame, but not for the shame of those Who fell for a cause that was better lost; Cheers for their tovo of the gallant foes Whose bayonets by their own wero crossed; Love for the grace that tho hero shows To the vanquished foo who has paid the cost. A laurel wreath for each good gray' head, Cheers for the heroes marching by; Tears for tho blood that they had to shed. For each of the Ills that thoy bore a sigh: Love for their faith when the streams ran red ' And despair was written across the sky. -S. K. Klser. |