The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-14

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ensTTssoofa Thursday isveFsnF s. h
"Bleksed NJ The man. Il no srst ;.iSsen..-.
sleep sf1l suncho Panza !; aud so saw i. 10
man. <,sho has not slept. or tried To- she. IN
the open Air. with nangl.t Ls,t the skies for .
soSfr'rg Po1netimes u rain and often ID snow
ana 'c4; no mast.~ilo has mol plodded ! weary
marcel Whip has not hessirrsd himself At mid
= lghf for 2 relrograde, who has not doutIe-
Earicked for hours over impossible roads
lshfoush tangled bossage Or cbaRs aEsl har-
rasseq ~ Tears Of the enemy in pursuit. OF
worse APpfelsensions Of The deadly busliwiiaclS
En- ON fyery hand, ne man IIsay. who has not
known something Of these hardships and per-
.lssot war can understand the true blessings Of
sleeP-4of seupd, sechre, ihn6cent sleep in
peace Vb yes, sleep thou panacea 10 the
weak. balm to the weary, rest and refuge 10
The sore pf heart. Of Spirit, Of limb, how ghost
like pfcetll thou tile glnnphes OF the moon,
how seldom dost tlIou visit-in quiet. babe
like sllnber-ihe hard palIef>of the soldier !.
Here your good health. and long life and to
your better acquaintarlce
3 ineAe reservations forced themselves MP IN
me No later than las night, as. stumbling,
through ihe dark mazes of the Nashville and
Chattaiopga depot, fglI ..cross the BODY of
sleeping man he ronsed a. gro ned turned over
mutterfd one Or more leftllanded blessings
and dokef again to Dire nm Of broken rest. awIS-
ward Way-tarers and thence possibly 10 see L
in the Early gray Of the early nsorning--sonse
sweet vision Of home. pf wife, Of child. God
help tIlrn. these poor. brave men. far. far from
home, md wife, and child And Cod help Us
all.
War Fsas great a curse, af sleep is a bless
ing do suppose that. wien we finish the
Yankees. we will not 20 to fighting again in
hurry. II it were not that this is a war for in
Edepehdence--for existe nee. bit only of nation
Atty, bht for personal liberty in the most Oh
Escurs form a war Of resistance to shvasion for
ekterminatipn, actually and reaIly-it would be
uhbearable and we would be willing TO make
almost any sacrifice for peace. Aye. for peace,
How The word rings Peace on earth and
good win towards men We never understood
the words before. We do now, how truly
how ptPfoundIyl Yea. peafe-peace every
where-+in country and town on highway aid
Ny way +-peace. tripping lii a young lamb
over meadow and adown stream and hillside
peace. such as Arcade knew
IlllE III Peace IN the quiet dales
Mace rarkly fertile BY the blood n men:
HI Peace IN The Woodland, and the lonely glen
EHll Peaee in the peepied wales.
There il is, liandson ely done in verse by a
Southern past. very Timfod- APropos Of
| poets lfpeaking Of Peace, tile twin-brsther Of
PPetfyl how many Of these may we not look
FER, wien the war is ovPr Great revolutions
lave made more men Of letters. than fell mar
shals- The Reformation gave the world an
Elizabeth an age Of them; the days of Groin
well produced its seAson of Wit and dramatis-
fti; whilst the revolt OF the Colonies and the
uprising Of the French Democracy, turned the
world Of letters topsy-turvy. so that i. has
been doing nothing but producing great minds
even since, in trying TO right ITSELF, Yes, this
civil conmotion will shI Ike into existence some
great minds Strange. it has taus far brought
poets sd few
But blessed be sleep Dreams are the re-
sult of sleep. schemes are the children or
dreams, and out Of the schemes and visions Of
the brain, come thought and action. animation
utterance and tho power Of mind. culture,
force Of viii, energy, Oh ractsr. and all things
great Of intellect and rational life Blessed be
sleep Boileau once said. that his best thingp
rose in his mind, whilst he slept and Bacon
asserted that sleep is the better duplicate OF
the better life Old Burton has anatornatized
III and found it good. and have not We all
fonhd from experience! its blessings. teach
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