The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-01-26
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The terrific strggls'sende, at last the battles DER
And on the field are thousands, lying helpless: in
The night-wind with amournful sound, sweeps Ger
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sand touches genty the soft white brOws Of those in
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How many hopes have been blasted since the rising
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How many precious lives their brief race have run!
How many sorrowing lips, infafer years viii say,
Husband brother, son, father, fell that fatal dayl
And others too, thro' all their I mourning heart
will bear, " ".-i5auafs 10 re--
And viii conceal with maiden pride, their anguish
4 a d and despair eco s1a gsiE5uziseb e
To To none win they reveal their blighted dreams of
bTey wiz toll tha: the hearts Beloved, fell in
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On that day they widowed, tho' they bore not
the name of wife,
Yet nonehe less they loved the dead; their hearts
with woe is rife;
: Slowly breaking with their anguish bending low
Esd their mourning head,lQso vLju5as1 sIew
For the lovers who are sleeping. calmly with their
L.z eonnsry'S Sy . dead e@ bad baaj adl 1o 9u5 SOD
The oaparisoned steed lay stiff and deaa his rider
by his ride, L.le .-t5Eea
How bravely they together, had stemmed the battle
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The waves had surged around them, yet onward
still they pressed,
And victOry's peans filed the air, the soldier
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The sword, the musket, aeoOutroments lay scatter
ed all around,
And the banners which had foated high, lay blood
aa stained on the ground;a a g. a-Hlaa la-
They had proudly waved above them, on that dark
i "a and fearful day,afos zsarus-i tee r-L.sI
And the deenseless sank resistless, beneath Bello
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They had marched in life and vigor, to the sound
in fife and drum, eogE 1ailo9 moor
In the SOFT bright summer morning, ere the battle
Flushed with hope was each manly cheek, and they
sE7 breathed an earnest prayer -isIHz sus1J
That God. would save and shield them and hover
au5 Ger them theresesga ys5s sidT .doassq
But not seIfshly for themselves, was breathed
that prayer alone, & "a
For mingliBg with each muTmufed word, were
thoughts of those at home; .bo
And each heart by that prayer was strengthened,
and bravely did they fight.
And they smiled to see the wrong succu1nbing to
so the power Of theright. slal.oa lsE2u1h .
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Theleaden hail went sweeping thrO' the ranks of
friend and foe,
Bearing death upon its pinions, surrey bending
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Stern, re- ess, and unerring, was the fatal death
Swiftly sweeping souls from earth to the Judgment
Bar in Heaven. ~
Fell they like frail reed shaken, by a srrohg and
L. mighty blast M ssgEa
And before the leaden storm, proud aud manly
forms fell fast; -'40-
And there beside their comrades, they had lain
them down to die, laii adi suucTil
With the bloody turf pillow, beneath theFtar-
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One lay there IN youthful manhood, the deathsig-
net on his brow bGn .Js-Luud iaaL aIg
And he sadly watched in silence, from his heart
the ife-tide flow;
And as surged DEATHS bilio%s round lin, as he
heard the dashfng tide, g aEa5usf a#
He whispered low, in broken accents, the name Of
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We'll he knew how she would mourn him, when
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She would hear the fatal tidings which would cloud
90. her life with sorrow; afoI we'd aHI
How from her cheek the rose would fade, as she
drank from sorrows ehalice, s7 ..-.-.
For with hIs parting breath he murmured, prayer
biasi i9f 2 lis s0yo'i ALICE Esgl5s baa 15ggoJ
All day the battle ragged, but at twilight, the
mons hushed their roar, -AiSIaoo u
The din Of arms the clash of steel, fell the
And sad-eyed stars looked softly down, upon the
battle plain,
And pittying gEatched tliro' the lonely aight Ger
the bodies of the slFin.f5'F r. -rzt
TUscUMEIA, ALA, gan'y., 1856.