The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-09-02

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Napoleon guns Of the battery of which he is membe
early inthe month Of March last :7rl r1s rrfvn
looK asul The Nest in the Gun. 70 bl62
Say; little warbler, frail as BREATH r. "a ~,
what M seekest Re thou In that chamber Of death "a 900
Dread'st thou not that dark orfce' gloom, l..'i
Which the lightnings of battle did often Hume bod
Through which the dread king of teyrors oft came
with cuirass Of fire and courser of fame p. fasea,
Perchance, thou'rt prophet with glad tidings best
With the secret Of Peace in thy tiny blue breast
Hast thou seenn thy cloud flight the glorious sun
Thouliltle bird building thy nestin the gun.1onIs 81
Art thou come glorious harbnger Of peace -
Proclaiming that slaughter and carnage Shall cease
Bearing a truce to bury the slain,0 99jsGb g95W 81
That fatten the vulture on mountain and painj gga
Thy message was spoken, thy mission was done, 4 ,
In building thy nest in that terrible gun, i
That thou to the nation, art loyal and true, t no
know by thy beautiful garment ofblue M mfl
s,Tis the truest Of cooTs revealed by the sum- y y
Sings the little bird building her nest in the gun
The Southern armies are-conquered at last
And flying like chaff from the Northern blast;la
Their naughty pride humbled, their efforts all vain
Their arrogant leaders surrendered or slain
The Southern "gentlcnlan,' - in plebean panic iipa
Ighobly flies from the Northern smechanc ~ 1af92
While treason defeated skulks still through the gloon
And traitors grow pale at the sight of their doom
Their fate is SO plain, they may read they run
The blue-brd is building her nest in the gun. 3iiii
But that the carnage and slaughter are oers1li
Let US all meet in friendship, like brothers
10 reJolce tnat the UntOns established at last l-
Forgetting the errors and woes of the past i 7a
Each bosom inspired with national love na s13gG9s
The chickering's Of section and party above RI R ,fb
Shall unite with like friendship all over the land 49,
From the forests of Maine to the Florida strand
Deep love in each bosom shall hatred replace ,sla
victors and vanqushed like brothers embrace
And vow that true friendship earth is begun, ss,
Since the bluebird is building her nest in the gun
The musket shall rust where it fell from the slanN
the sword and the scabbard shall rest ON the plain
The murderous cannon, wi yerdure grown oer4a.af
Shall awaken the strife with its thunders more,
In its terrible muzzie shall bloom the hare bell IN ~
And the crocusitp out from the DEATH laden SHE'LL
Ger the red fields of carnage the daisy shall nod, hng
sN .trod. ~" 0' ''i' ~ @ q" -'4''-i"i
The rose and the lily in beauty shall bloom I2fih7 jh
And mingle their sweets DER each patriots tomb ;uJc
No shall the sabre rise red from the wound oh
No the shril buge the death charge shall sound
But peaceful instead, the breath of the morn ~
Shall swell the soft notes Of the husbaRd1AnS horH
Peace, Freedom and Friendship, the future shall bring
And envy will perish and hate lose its sting;;V s-G
All wars and contentious, forever shall end,
And every man haiin his brother friend ~ i'!oas
Then praise ye the Lord and serve him aIwhy ygd si
For the lamp of his love hath brought this glad day.
The nation hath triumphed-the victory is won .-I
The biue-bird hath builded her nest in the gun
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q gBEIDaRroRr, ABA3, June 1sth3 1865. 1y9a % da1s