Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-06-20
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By WILLIAM II. BURLEIGH.
Who keeps hi, faith in God and man,
b. sore temptation unsubdued;
Who trusts the Right and loves the Good,
Lives long-however brer his span.
True life is measured not by days,
Nor yet by deed'. though bravely vrough,
Iis struesi gauge e roblest thought.
Aud this commands our highest praise.
50. though men say. "Alas. how brief
His course whose death We mourn 10 day
the president soul must answer. May
70 wrong Lin with this bitter grief"
What seems our loss hath this redress.
His life. by generous will and act,
No dream. hut an eternal fact,
L rounded into perfectness.
he Is--not w,s:-thc pulse that bea.
But Yesterday within hi' frame,
To-day is like living fame
In every manly breast We meet.
Poured ihronch thousand hearts. The life
That ehh"d In his. asserts lis sway,
An impulse That forbids clay
When nuiy summons to the strife.
And hosts. by that grand Impulse moved,
With eager haste their weapons clasp.
And swear TO cave from Treason'. grasp
The country and the cause he loved.
So sanciiied by mariyr-bood.
To u> that causc iS nohl dear:
And who. remembering him. will fear
10 stand for Right where ELLswoRrn stood.
For n, a like his is Ike begct.,
And courage. though the hero die,
Do;h maltiply aud multiply
In largo oxcess OF our regrets.
And thus one soul. that never Swcrved
From Duty. Elisa land with light;
And countless arms are nervcd for fight
BY one strong arm That death unnery.a.
So. best--since SO the largest good
Resuits-nor need We sum ths cost.
For lives so lost are never lost
To Frccdom saved by marlyr-blooi.
For him. hsneoiorih liz countr! claims
The g-ound as holy where hc sleeps,
And. like towing mother, kcepe
His name among her dearest names.
Nd whom Love bids - nonumeIt
Lii st. pure coiunnto the air,
No litter lcgrnd ear T. be;r
Than his brave vofds-..l Az coNrs>r.''
.Cout-nt--ohate,e fate be mine
A sacred dui, bis me o.
sud though thr is-ue ono can know,
hc.r and heed The VOC divine.
Contcui-.ince 90, h'cu; rst I'c
To whom the aparrov IS fll IS known,
VII have some purpose Of h's owa
Even in the fa1c o Il one like mc.''+
O golden words. o faith sublime!
q spirit breathing holy breath
For such an one THERE "a No Dg,Tu.
But cresccn, potencies through time.
And still where loyal arms roll back
The crimson tide Of traitorou. war,
Iiis memory. like beacon-star.
Shall shiae ab1ve the battlo's rack
\ rrrne, the patriots near, 10 cheer
And give new temper u his sword
4 fra to blast tho rebel horde
And melt their courage into fear.
And when Rcbcliion's power subdued-
Shall dawn for us better day,
When Peace again resumes her swa,
And links the bands OF oftrotherhood-
From North 10 south. from East 20 West,
His name shall he household word,
Revered and loved wherever heard.
And treasured with our worthicst.
So. for his land, the good he meant,
Won in the triumph of the Right,
His spirit. starred with Heavens own lieh
Once more shall say AZ CONTENT"
IN the last letter address 4 70 his parent
peuued hui + " hours prcvio1s 10 Ms a-sa-il
alton. col. Flswor saws; "Wh iever ms
hapfen cherish The consolation . at ] wa' 81
gaged in the performance Of sacred int
and tonight. thinking over the probabilities
The morrow and the occ trrrnces Of III pat.
am perfectly content 10 accept whatever n
oriune may be. confident that He Who noiei
even the IN = 4 sparrow will have some pn
.ose even in the fate ofone like me"
~ Y Indepenc snt.