The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-11
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Around the closing eyes ofal 1se9t.s
The same red glOris harsd and flew !
The hurrying flags, the bug g call !
The whistle Of he angry ball., -lSaE {
The elbow Touch Of comrades nIsIis
The skirmish nre-a Suffering spray 81
The snarling growl OF FIRE by fis, 3 b.lA
The thicSnihg fury oil the fray meg !
When opening batteries get in play, e. ~
And the lines form Ger maRy a mile. "a
Tho foeman's yell, enr answeringch cheer, o.
Red flashes through4be gathering smoke,
Swift orders, resonant and clear. i.H !
BHthe CITES from comrades tried and dear, I
This sh ll-ssream and the sable stroke
The rolling FIRE from left TO right,
From right to left, We bear it swsll >;
The h~eadlOng charges swift sRd bright, /.
The thickeniRg tumult1Of the sight stHs
And bursting thuuders Of the shell. lar 4
How denser, d~eh4liar, grows the strff4.
AM here We yisld, aud there we gain
The air with h%urtliug missiis life,
Volley for yoliey, lie for life
No tims TO heed the cries of painlfa8
Painting as up the hills we charge, aB
Or down them - We broker roll, So
life never felt so high, so large, @ I
And neverO'er 10 vide q margs J
In triumph swept the kidding souiI p
New raptures wal en- in the breast
Amid his hell Of scene and sonEds
Inc DArkluE Uatterlos mover re1t, 4
And broken foot by hOrssmeu pressed,
stin stubbornly contest heir ground.
Fresh waves Of battle rolling in
To take the place Of shattered waTes;E
Torn lines that grow more bent and thin
A binding cloud q mAddeningt din--H
Twas thus were filled these very graveBt
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Night fallB at length with plying veil
A moonlight silence deep and fresh;
These upturned faces, stained and pale,
NAinly The chill Bisht dews assal-
For c der than ihs dews their h,sbl
An 4 okering far through brush snd yoOd5
Co searching parties, torch IN hand
"seize II you can s'ms rest and COD,
At dawn The fight will be renewtd,
Sleep on your arms = the hushed Command
They talk il whispers as they lie
In HLes-theEe rough aud weary mon I
"Dead or but wounded ~ then a sigh
n cof . eiih5r7' Gu IS ven 6y.5e
To get those Two gans back again" .E :
we've i've flags TO their one oho ~ p ~
"That bTidgs-'twSs hot there as We passsdn
THE OlOnel dead | 1t ean't be So; III.
Wounded and badly-thatI know ,.ts
But he kept saddle 10 tho last" ID
"Be SUITE to send it il I fall -ll1
"Any tOb1cco1 Bill have yots"
GA BOW haired, blue-eyed, laughing dOlt-'
"Gcod night, boys, snd God keep you sirl "
"Whstl son nd asleep ? Gutss IN slesP, too ;
"Yes just about this hour they pray
For Dad" stop talking ! pass the wOrdi''
And SION as SnIets-%he Cay
Which Thousands will be pat next dsy
The long drawn signs Of sep are heard
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Oh, men to whom this akstsh, though rndJ,
Calls back some tcene Of palm and pride 6
Oh, widow, huRging close your bTOJd, Z
Oh, vile, with happiness renewed,
Since he again Is a. your side:
THIS trophy that to-day We raise
khouIH 10 q urnnuunaua for oil e !
AID On its sides no uiggard phrase
Conhne = generous nations praise
To those who here Lave CHANGED to fall.
But I { rs all to day combine s -si.a
still other mOnumet Is to raise
Here for the dead We raise a shrine;
And now to those who, crippled, pine,
Let us give hope Of happier daysi
Let Homes for these sad wr cks Of war
Through all the land with sped arise;
Tongues cry from every gaping scar,
"Let not our brothers. tomb debar I'D 80 4
The wounded living from our eyes"
A noble daE, q deed ~ good, M
A noble scene in which tbs done,
The Birthday Of our n, tiOnhoOd;
And here , gain the Nation stood
On this same day-itB life re-wOnf
A bloom Of banners in the air. gs
A double calm Of sky and soul;
Triumphal chant aDdbukle tlsre,
And green fields spreading bright and fair,
Wills H~esVenward our hosannaS roll.
HosAnnas for q land redeemed, o. ar. aH
Tle bayOnet sheathed, the cannon dumb;
Passed, Is come horror We have dreamed,
The fiery meteO s shat have streamed
Threatening within our homss to come
Again our banner osts abroad, t.-. :
GOne the one stain that on II fell .
And, leitered by bis Christening rod,
With htieaming eyes upiift 10 God
We say, "He do5th all things well"