Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-11
APPEAL.
sToxEwALL JACKsON's GRAVE



ny N. J.. PRESTON.
A simple sodded mound Of earth.
With not a line above it,
With only daily Vctive nowers
To prove that any love u;
The token Gas, that silently
Each breczes visit numbers.
Alone keeps martial ward above
The here's dreamless slumbers.
No namel no record Ask the world
The world has heard his story
yam It's annals can unfold
a prludcr tale q glory
ever merely human life
Hath taught Giviner moral
ever round a Worthier brow
was tWined "a purer laurelf
Humauitv's responsive heart
Comedies his wondruus powers.
And pulses with a tenderness
Almost akin 10 ours;
Nav. MOTTO Ours-for US he noured
Ills life "a rich libation-
And on adorug souls zoe bear
TLiz blood OF c0nseeratlon.
A Iweivemonth only since his sword
Went flashing thro' the battle
A~LWelyemonth only his ear
Heard wars last deadly rattle.
And yet have countless pilgrim feet
~ pilgrims guerdon paid him,
ana weeping women come and see
me place where they have laid HIM
~Contending armies bring IN turn
A4elr need OF praise or %
ara Falas here has pause 10 bind
me cypress wreath upon her.
seems s. holy sepulcher,
whose aanclities can Waken
Alike the love OF friend or foe
OiOhrlst-an or Of Fagant
They come 70 own his high empriss.
Who 1ec in frantic masses
Before the Clttering hayOuet
That C1umphed AT Manassas;
WHO witnessed keruSteWn's fearful odds
As on their ranks be t~uundeTtd,
Defiant as the storrled Greek
Amid his brave three hundred
They recall the tiger spring.
The wise rerreat-the rally,
The ureless march. the fierce pursuit
Through many a mountain valley.
Cross Keys unlock new paths 70 fame
And Port Republics story
MresIs from his ever vanQuished foes
Strange tributes to his glory
Cold Har5or rises 10 their view
The Cedars gloom is DER them
Aud A1letam's rough-woodcd heights
stretched mOckinrlv before them.
D lurid flames OF Fredericksburg
hisaL grimly they remember,
Llal III the frozen nights retreat
That wlntry Wild December.
The lergeness ofthis praise Is flung
Win beauty rare aud regal.
sit because the vulUure fears
No longer the dead agles
Say . rather far accept ii thus
A homage true and tender.
As soldier unto soldiers worth.
As brave 70 brave wnIrsnder.
But shall weigh the worldIess grief
lhar leaves ia tears its traces.
a 4eL1Q their leader crowd again
Ihc br1nzed and veteran facesP
Ihs oIo brigade lie loved so well
me men who bound him
win bays OF their own winning. ere
jarCler fame had crowned him.
Tn legiOns who had seen his glance
Aero the arnaE flashing,
And thrilled TO catch his rising charge"
Above the volley crushing;
Who Of had watched the Iited hand
The inward thrust betraying.
And felt their courage grow sublime
While they beheld him praying.
Good knights and tue as ever drew
Their swords with kutghtly Roland.
or died at SooieskdS side
or love OF martyrei Poland:
Or knelt with CromwaiIs Irou5ideS."
or SunEW with brave GuStayuS.
Or on the field OF AusterlIE
breathed ont thelr dying duesg'
Rare fame, rare name1 # ehanted praise
With all the world 20 listen
lfprlde that swells a uatOu soul
II freemens tears hat glisten-
u Pilgrims shining love ifgreE
nlCn uOuElt ul6y sDOthe or sever
Iiuese can consecrate, this spot
Is sacred ground forever!
In the month orJuue. lS4. the singulsr spe
tac-e was presented al Lexington Oftwo hoSri
Arrli- iu turn reyereutly visiting the grave
-tol5waU Jackson.