Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-12-19

Whom he laid osidc tho Ho"or
Though the contents he had told,
He was Piled with many questions
BY the young and by the old,
It's war the most Internal
(Grandpa Nathan made rcply)
But the legions of the Union
Soon will crush it out, or dicl
If | only had the vigor
OF Just twenty years ago,
How I'd leap into my saddlei
How I'd fly to meet the foe!
II.
Mamie Hardin deorest douohter.
There's snirit now abroad
Thot,s akin t6 whatsoever
7. ho" az rrmmoi,, v.,',i wr,m mron oVn nor,iop
OF the people Of the land,
Till they almost think they're honest
In the treason they have planned.
1t has struck the sea with rapinc.
1t has tinged its shore. with blood,
And it rolls and surgcs inland
Like desolatine flood
1t has rent the nearest kindred
Fen the mother and the son;
But. rs Gods God of Justice,
Its career will soon be run.
III.
There's camp in Wicklinc's meadow,
Less than eighteen miles away
John. at vour age could make it
Twice itwixt now and break of day;
Fill your buggy M with baskets,
Fiil ench basket 10 The brim,
Sweep the pnftrv of its choicest,
Till the shelves are lean and slim;
Take a jug or two of apple,
OFT benumb the weary sentres
KS they guard the sleeping camps;
Drive the get of old Sarpedon--
For the glory Of his sires
He will make the camp nt Nicklhe
Ere they stir the morning hres.
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Tell the soldier Of Kentucky,
And the soldier from abroad
Who has come to fight the battle
Of his country and his God
Tell them one who on the Wabash
Founht with Davies when lie fell,
And who bled at Melgs where Dudley
Met the painted hosts Of hell
,,,;a, Ioi,,ea,,' ,,, ,Lo Thames
And with Jackson nt New Orleans,
Where we won immortal names.
Sends them from his chimney corner
Such fair greeting as he may.
With A few small creature comforts
For mis- drcar November dav.
V.
TIL .,o,,, ,,o ,,,. ,.o+,,,od ,,,;s o,,orrol
IL, wy ~. ~ r,,,I'n,'l ,,,,t;t ,n,,
,U'i 'ii.t, h,,,'I ,,,o,, I;. Lo,rt ioot
Any O. ci,' III ,,,,' liz tr,,,.
H. nu i..oi.oa Jo t.,,a't ,,n,,tood
i'c ho C',I ,'r,s '.,v, :, ~ ,ho ,.nr.h
T., ,i'e hn,,, ta" oc ti, ,I,o ,'otin,, tiH'
" For % the i riqHt and md for the truth.
Thus cnioins each valiant spirit
That wonlJ scorn to be n slave
"Bv the toll and blood your fathers
In the cause of freedom spent,
By the memory of YOUR mothers
And the noble aid they lent;
VI.
R,, tho hIo. SINGS God has showered
IN tbis hirtL -ri,rht of the free
Civo 70 Have, a 7reveront snirit
"'po RonT ", 70 Haven - ,yiIlmg knee.
AnJ in silence mid the nnnses
an 0r ~ tho by,on and If tLe nrnver
no tbo Cod nC Uosts onncaIinG
r., tho God Of BATTLES swear
viii its Stars Of world wide Glory
And its strines that none may scornl
Swear to fioht the light forced on MS.
While an armed foe stir, abroad;
Swear to firht the FIGHT Of Freedom,
0f the Union. and of Godu"
VII.
A., ho d,;,.os tho ,o,,ro S,rrodor
All ne ~. .,'oH NV o'"H ,D'i-,'' ,'' l;so.
A,4ho.n ii,ci ,me ,oi ,Io tan,, at Wicll,es
AIsi Er a't ,ho,' n ''' h,iid ,Le 'narniug Fl i,cs
i-,e ,ies W"',J oi,;id I nm, rrGrdor
10 Eou NNuM o,r''" ,'o,,,. .i,i T.
~, vi ''.e ,''',' .,a ~ '',,,J D"' J"3
IN, Tha, VI o,nr "m' hromoht U hi. mother iov2
for 'he n'eut lIun lnI y Ivs' T, re,,'e;, nec;,,,
ana l9r m me, ny tii''u' ! ~ e." """e'"''
Ana III sun slV ny tue i'le'
VI, ny sTV' ~ - III wy "%', n'., I',..,o.
WI 'le N"o''h "Ic V ,He ' "H'''''
mere me prov 81 .. hea''"'Ny
won imper's""p'o ''"'"oS
VIII
1,,,,.. col, .,,o oo,,,, o+ WicLI;Ga,s
Tan,io ,r', ~ ,iioi, ca,, ,n
mmst nh;1ie ,yith The soldiers
Who %a,cc coma to frbt onr foo.
I,,,,st all 20 tbor ot Lnttlns
~. ,be ranks oc freedom won
Az of octs nr vaInr yertnreJ
N''u t,I ~ ,r ,Io..is ~ Jorin,, Gonn
An, III take them 10 lhe fhllphrS