The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-04-14

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From the N. Y. Metropolitan Record.
GENERAL n. e. LEE.
BY w. w. WESTERN.
"His life was gentle,
And yet the elements so mixed in hir
That Nature might stand up and sa
to all
The world, this was a man." ."-SHAK.
Eregi Monamentum perrinnius acre.
For him no martial pomp displays
Its regal splendor to the gaze,
No willy courtiers sound his praise,
That "thift may follow fawning; )"
Yet for him minstrels sound the lay,
And for him loving hearts still pray,
And Time is bright'ning into day
That fame which is but dawning.
Now, first in peace as first in war,
When foes his thunders felt afar,
And fortune nor reverse could mar
What God had made sublime
The patriot hero well may claim
A place upon the scroll of fame,
To write the purest, brightest name
His age win give to time.
III.
And Time that name will proudly bear,
And Christian hearts its lustre share,
And future ages will declare
His glory now denied:
When PASSIONS fiery hosts are scat
tered,
When Freedoms manacles are shat
tered
And justice prisons down are battered
His name will be our pride.
".
Whenleagued oppression darkly pour 4
And battles fearful conflict roared,
How often he the ranks restored
By words so calm and brief?
When did he falter in the van!
When wronged he basely mortal man
Forget him !! Oh, we never can!
The South adores her chief.
v.
Our eountry's idol, and its stay
When hope shed not one blessed ray
Upon the dark and dismal day,
Which palled US in its gloom
Is now become the beacon light
To guide the foot of youth Alright
And cheer with radiance pure and
bright
The darkness of our doom.
VI.
Immortal chieftain, one of those
A century can scarce disclose,
Who charm 1.-TWO hosts, their friends
and foes,"
And homage wins of all
For thee we WOO the minstreps skill,
The measure of thy fame to fill,
And love thee and adore thee still,
hegardless OF thy iall.
VII.
So nobly great and purely good,
Before his very foes he stood;
They could not wrong him if they
would,
And would not if they could.
Full fairly did he WELD his sword
Against an overwhelming horde,
And now as nobly keeps his word;
As Christian chieftain should.
VIII.
He bade no gloomy, long farewell
To all his greatness when he fell,
For loud, and louder still must swell
The chorus Of his fame;
The monumental architrave
May some from dark oblivion save,
But here his country will engrave
Upon her heart his name.
TX.
Nor need her callous marbles keep
His images Ger which to weep,
A richer crop his fame will reap
And garner from the heart,
The sweetest yield to mortals given
Beneath the canopy of Heaven,
And fairly for it has he striven
And nobly played his part.
x.
'Tis his, nor can the ruthless hand,
That scourges his unhappy land,
Upon his brow e'er dare to brand
The infamy of traitor.
The nation that would taint his fame,
Or stain with treason his pure name,
Would steep its very soul in shame,
Oh how our hearts would hate her
XI.
Retired from the storms of state,
Serenely he endures his fate;
As prisoned eagles will not mate,
He is himself alone;
And like the Heavens brightest star,
His brilliancy is seen afar;
And though some clouds his rays may
mar,
None purer ever shone.
IL A correspondent asks us why
the city papers charge for the insertion
of marriage and death notices. For the
very best of reasons, we suppose, in as