Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-03-05
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY. MARCH 5, 1863.
The sleeping Sentinel.
! rRANc1s DE nAEs JANYIER

IN q
~ presence OF the President and Mrs Lincoln The
s,1r 9ements for this reading mae, we UNDER
s1d by our distinguished Senator Foot. On the eve-
ring of the same day Mr. Murdoch read it IN the SEN
~ Chamber of the United States, which was specially
sppropriated for the purpose and it has since been
rad IN other cities. Every Vermonter VIII Feao tnen
with special interest ,
Twas in the sutry summertime as Wars red records
heu patriot armies rose to meet fratricidal foe
Vhen Irom the North, and East, and West, hke the
M upheapng sea,
!, ept forth Colublas sons, make country tru-
1 ly free.
p thin PRISONS dismal walls where shadows yelled
Il feters on heap of straw, youthful soldier lay
Teart-Droken hopeless and tororn, wa short ana te.
II waited but the appointed hour to die culprits
W death.
Yet but few brief weeks before, untrsubled with
= roansd at will, and freely drew his native mountain
here sparkling streams leap ossy rocks, from many
xtd waving ems, and grassy slopes, give beauty to
%N Vermont
Where dwelling in an humble cot, tiller of the sol
EfcIcled by u mothers love- he shared fathers
Tl borne upon this wang winds, his suffering coun-
Fired his young heart with fergent ZEAL for her to live
or die.
Then left he all "a few fond tears, by frmness half
A blessing ana sparting prayer, and he was in the
hs field Of strife whose dews blood, whose breeze
Vbose fruits are garnered in the grave, whose hus-
bandman Is death
Without murmur, he endured 2 service new and
hard;
He sank e26au5el his post, and the grey morning
NJ prostrate form--a sentinel, asleep, upon the
ground
a, in the silence of the night, aweary the sod,
nk the disciples watching near the suffering Son of
st Jesus with compassion moved beheld their heavy
nd though betrayed to ruthless foes forgiving, bade
W them rise
But God is love,-and finite minds family compre-
hend
And this poor soldier seized and bound found none to
While War inexorablo law deoreea that he must
die.
Twas night.In a secluded room, with measured
A statesman Of commanding mien, paced gravely to
Oppressed, he pondered on land by civil dsoord rent
on brothers armed in deadly strife it was the Pres
dent
he woes of thirty millions filled his burdened heart
lmbatted hosts on land and sea, acknowledged him
And yct amid the din of war; he heard the plaintvo
of that poor soldier h lay in prison, doomed to
die
'Twas mOrning--On tented field, and through the
hepeS 5s@ haze 9ao, lines Of diminished arms bo sr
''9",t D'rn, ] TJayo. No, al' VI A"i'' " sun
While, from sombro prison-hOuse, seen slowly to
sad procession, DER the sward moved to mufied
dlrge
And in the midst with faltering step. and pale and
4 In manaces, between two guards, a soldier had his
Plof led o,t 70 die and vet if was not death.
but shame,
manly frame
s..,, 49, -. A.. .,,,., ., 49,, ..; .
Still on dS before ;,5 J5 the marshaea '"no the tram p
- sued aus way
20 oo6 6e 9oGf %b Po' PTsn gn n eso
~ IntI '' "1' A~'@ 'i'I' wy 2E"+iiAs' "0'o
He took his STATEN by it, side, abandoned 70 hi. f,+o
y ~ -''' ''''0
'''' in nth the arr arr: 49, p'''"''S
''e ents s' there here ''' '''' 90" f'''
Ha ss,y them bou,ad with h,,a,s iaf tro,,gh fast
deciinin~ wears t'-'
saw in Heoi9fs' tooPs s''S ~ 'n' Tux '''0" '0SSO
-
law
But saw no more his senses sWam-deep darkness
Ana SaaqS1fns sonnd he awaited no" the i"'" T0i'y'
Then suddenly was heard the noise Of oeds and wheels
ly coach.
On past the guards and through the field its raDid
course was bent,
Till hapg mid the lines was seen the nations Presi-
dent
He came to save that stricken sou waking from
despair
air '''' '--0
oardoua6 xol5iar ,o5or,,ooI ~, 4o,,o. oF
IN lee y '
And boundnp from his fat+ar. bla..od 4b how'd that
made hlm free /
Twas sprng.-Within a yerdant vale. wbers War;
wick's crystal tide ~'
- side
where BIRDS and flowers combined to cheer sylvan
solitude
Two threatening armies, face face in fierce defiance
stood
TUE .,uo,.,..~o..i..
erty- - -
Which bore above its patriot ranks the symbol of the
Free; - ~
And one, rebel horde, beneath Haunting flag of
bars e -
fragment torn by tratorous hands from Fraedor,s
Strinas epd Stare '' $1,000 ~A~S"NA''
N'''Pe' ~" '''"i'
A sraaor h,,. s ,.. 80 3, d. g,, =,
Froclalmed along the echoing hills, the conflict lad