Show MEMORIAL DAY may 1884 to general nathan kimball A courtly gentleman orator anil and a bravo soldier thie this little child of my fancy is affectionately dedicated by the author 41 AMASA S CONDOM what tae the writers in the 10 a said to me xe one morning I 1 strolled to a glen F far ar away from the restless haunts of men there to dream aye like a hermit to dream and be soothed by the of the purling stream my mantle I 1 spread on a moss covered stone and for once one was a king though on solitudes throne while the sunlit san lit my clown a comforting fortin tt glow seemed to kindle tho the landscape far below and as the southwind south wind tenderly blew her breath on the wild rose rope heavy with dew each green bud glowed like the amo arne ghyst clear As the he crystal r heart of a seraphm seraphs Serap hs ks tear oh vision of rapture I 1 seemed to behold the record of ages before me unfold the past rose before me the tile boico of dead years bewildered my fancy and ravished lavished ravi shed my cars weird s specters looked out where the leaf lea f and the vino vine wove sylvan retreats fit for beings divine but satyr and F fairy airy were charmed in their lair with aubic that rose through ambrosial air the voices of brooks pouring down to abe sea and telling their talea tales of old legend to me this is the tale as they sell scurried aried alone along with footfall foot fall as soft as a tearful tearful song cong in era of bablo fablo din dim cons ago we sprung from our parents the sun and the snow away to the cast so dizzy and high where cintas cold cheek lies close to the sky her ller withered old crown is as barren as death like stubble consumed in the bet fiet breath no song bird is there but stillness and night wield forever unchallenged the scepter of might we bellid bid froni from the shadow of winters dark wing and nursed from the generous bosom of spring when anchus was sealed in the mountains brow we sang the same songs we are singing in now like ribbons of steel we soft little rills have carved through this flint and punctured the bills hills weve channeled the mountains moun taina and torn up tip the earth and obeyed all the whims of anger g and mirth and when we had washed all the dc de bris away we christened the banks with crystalline spray then flouro fringed our path like the veil of a bride and we sans sang them then to sleep as they bathed in the tide weve marked wry epoch of mortal man and treasured the record since time be began 9 an weve grieved for the sorrow that mortals have felt and smiled when we saw it to gladness melt we nye remember the day when angels in heavin foretold the new law that to men should be ian pian wo we saw the glad shepherds follow the etar star oer tho chaldean Chaldea a plains in that land afar cho the anthem we joined on that golden morn when the hosts proclaimed A savior I 1 born oh the chorus was grand asit throbbed oer the sea and hope lit the world beyond gal ilce ilee joy welcomed the alaster from realms above his throne was a manger ilia scepter wag was love the stars eang sang together while oer the earth were shouted eh to honor 1 birth but the years wently end the boa of god Lifes crimson wino wine press with bruised feet trod and we hushed bushed our song at the eventide when the christ bowed his bis tear act face and died the universe groan cul like a ship in a gale these iron ribbed hills broke t their heir heart with a wail my father tie itis finished my passion I 1 is s past I 1 will pluck froimy from my cross a crown at last gee see here coreia is the trysting pl itce old and strong aber gnome and sylph r eang ang their old love BOBS song awag hero here that the spirits of ear earth th and air stormed the castle of loye love for cupid there f P theres theros the beme lome of undine whose bare brown arms I 1 would challenge old angeloe angelos chiseled charms there are Un undine dines today to day just as prone to destroy tho of all creatures they cannot enjoy down hero here in this sensuous mellow shade the young ut ute e courted the dusky maid he need used all tho the arts of me method tho 1 and plan and rang all the change changes since civia began you shall spend lifes summer in fl marble halls balls and old flemish art shall adorn their r walls when your our ste step grows feeble each gray hair old d shall sha 11 twine round ay my heart liko like a chain chitin of gold you maytrue at the thought but ut the fact is clear many thousand such fibs bibs are told each year and can prove in all courtships court ships by reason or thyroe that a paleface pale face can eucher a ute we all the time in bondur dark colso hie bis defiant shout and dripping scalp told of bloody rou rout t C of all cruel music the wildest note Is the rattle of death in a hoomana fo omana omans throat so the warrior lay down in his bloody path and the ashes row cold on tho the wj wig bama hearth for lethe has bas conquer conquered cd and wiped out the stains and the ghost of the maid is all that remains then u up p from a carcass in tyrannus Tyr Tir annys graye sprang a new race of men strong lusty and bravo brave I 1 they throve in tho the blight of the despots breath like beauteous isles in the cold aca sea of death As tile years came and went one morning wo we saw A o 0 1 ame spring to heavin tho beacon of war w ar then a cry went out to tho the whole hutzan race that americas eagle was ill alvith disgrace 6 ohi ohl wild was hie his cry euch such a scream i of despair never startled the to earth or through the air air t a f his ills dauntless old heart was W s ifill filled ed with dismay As the earth drank the blood of the blue and the gray mare crimsoned crim uie tile ceiaa with a 3 pitiless pili lees hand blood dropped from his fingert and covered the land while columbia saw the tempest sweep b by I 1 there w was aay shame me on her cacek and grief in her eye oh I 1 mother of christ will no pitying hand avert tho disaster that threatens the land abt oh children of moultrie and bunker hill to this Demon of hate hato say peace be still oh I 1 brothern Br aloye wars crimson flood should never be made mader ofa of a broili brothers eri blood think while the bright stare stars and blue field held are id ld chuta the flag of your sires th the a hops hope of the world A 0 ob h children embowered empowered ered i in southern y v vinos ines oh ob children who dwell imong mong tha the northern pines r forgive forgio all this fury of passion so wild forthe for the temple of justice is ia being de deflin def lid fild I 1 a 4 ob priest in the chancel chance to jehovah pray 1 that tins this bitter cup may boon soon pass away I 1 our sins sias hem ue us in like an angry flood demanding atonement in rivers ja of blood go motherland mot mother herand and kiss the ilia proud lip of your boy I 1 your last fond caress his 19 last kiss offo of joy tomorrow to Tw morrow tk the raven shall feast on his eyes with hie his swollen face turned to the pitiless piti pi leos skies I 1 god pity it the tong tio that for trea treason 1 X shall f M wag a g I 1 god ti pity ty tho hand that shall tear dofan wll tho the flag flat I 1 I 1 the h carts that must brek break bacalao t they h y are frail I 1 god 30 d P prosper r 0 pcr the right and may it 0 prevail I 1 no answer came back to the tile earnest grayr f p for a babel of voices ded filled the he air and we still illa empry sad iid how men inen an and reasons lasins to tofield tofie lh er went in ad for the sina sins of tho the world was the christ crucified even so for he the nations our brave bravo soldiers died the crown of the one was the seal of the grave tile wreath of the other tho of the slave i but under our flap in the battles battle A glow could its dauntless q song sons find a worthy foe fee lo 10 under their tread tho olid solid earth far a race of giants wasn gasn was in the field t if f we could see death deat hnit ait at t his awful eca int in the h a vol volleying t apy to the NO east et fm hii h t ll 11 andi bofto these rills I 1 a while the 1 hinder of dattlo 1 hook the ewt laws q f r m i asah along the re doubts where embrasures embra frown the grapes fiery tem tempest pest caa cruelly lydoon down and a wicked shriek broke from bursting shell like a screech from tho the hungry throat of hell still the hot eun sun glared lared on the festering ground Enve envenomed tho mad soul with thirst and wound still tho the crazed arab in its unerring uner fi flight t bur burned no a red in the dismal di mal ill lit away A avoy to the chance cli nc anil and th tha lone long tin ad feel P the steel cyclone khodr sh 01 of the glicken i ing on now frith with tho 0 noer can mans car forget tho wild t aprill rill of it soldiers cheer S 1 then barkas t crauf goes out 4 tho the soldier in dying gives back tho the hout 4 and and the di dim in eye lurns larns i in n sulphurous air I 1 1 I to seo if his banner is raving there but at tipe e in the dear deim old home acy they n will wili look look fo a form that will never neer come como j and the night of railing will rill leave its traca A in the frosted baak ha anda the fear tear worn face norave now we look on comoro and again on high 1 our old flag oj 09 glory across the sky and the loom of time shall for long years weave wars mystic emblem an empty sleeve A rf 14 once more in tha the tower the tho beacon light illumines alie 1 of night e and a nation tb aest eatz on ite its heroes dead Y Is ii stron stronger stroner er by far for the blood that jibed wi wag shed bed tho heart of tho gra Gray y coes out to the blue 1 and the hand that was beaus B tans will always bo be true there are tears enjoy of oy on columbian Colum bias face A As they kneel at pier d feet in fraternal nal embrace brava victor in war forget net not to lay your wreath on f passionless breast of 0 ft the gray Ecra member ember this as long as you live only tho tile brave who know bow how t te forgive with hearts fillad aith love bill sins ho WA to M kaho b 0 der his rod give voice to one thought 1 till it gir dies the earth the fla flag olour of our Union the theland land of our i birth t let lot despots take tale notice whoever they bo be not to pluck a leaf from Li bertys tree lot nations bo be born or to chaos ba be hurla 1 ivore were the light of the ages the lope oatha of the world 0 sleep warriors rs sleep our grateful I 1 tears shall steep your eod sod through derin years gears your valor emblazons embla zons his bis torys page and kindles I 1 tb the e zeal of a coming age our willin willing hearts be the storied oried at urn where the pilgrim to macrel acred ehrin inay may learn upon v hase glorious glo riou I 1 living iv I 1 n fi g grave r te kesta firmly 1 a count rya rys are architrave tr there theres a name on your lit list that dazzles the mind like the glory of god to a soul that is blind TIB as TUB TIER MATCHLESS A SOUL WITHOUT berns for it floated to heave on a nations tears ilie ilia name live ilves nhen when granite hae has turned to duty dust when gold shill be nothing abut pmt worthies worthless rust through the cycles of time hi his fame is sure cure to last while the heavenly orb ta ela dure but the day had bad vanished vanie hed and specters c chill IF like wandering ghosts stola over the th iceo good hm night I 1 the th somnolent stream lete leta eald said i and donning their nightcaps crept 1 I into bed 3 1 I 1 |