Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-11-03


breast.
Until the ,rumpet. sound-lhen Sea birds wing
the deep!
Vain vain tn unequal contest more than
vainly our prayers beseiged the Hishe't
bronze,
VanIv cor blood poured out upon the PLAIN
Against world il arms We stood alone
As some rude hunter from towering oak,
O,eiiools the vale an! views The herd eo",
Lets ly his darts and lays the leaders low
So fell cur foremost by The Fatal Archef
stroke!
The struse, Der, no shelf Of triumph looms
The lau!els Of Virginia are but here q!
Bound On 10 ten lie save :hese whltebrowei
tomhs,
No victor crowLing but the Sepulchre
And yet they die or wIlher neverm"r"
But live, while shines, gem OF God, one star
In any crown Of pe!Ce, or sounds Of war
One note, end bloom till MeuIory's self grows
boar
MehInks from oft yon mountain-cIesi The pines
VII spIIgS OF evergreen wait on the sale
MeiuInAs The Western SUI as he declines
N,l s;an with glOiy's prism al! this vale.
An arch of triumph, aud an arc OF peace
! Methinks ! lear the genius Of the Sale
! Out On tn lmpossioned atmosphere relate
In tones oi lyrIc pa'hos, burning HoIds IKE
| these.
Sons of brave sires ! lhrice-welcome &c your
Mothers hrcas,
cave a blessing when We raj lied 10 my aid
Anlu b!I ing daughters welcome you 10
Teft
Beueab toe .ud Of peace in fond-embow ring
shade
Daughters Tor you they've made q sacrifice of
voc,
= boloc; ust Of glory which lie goldcn strings
lhdrps shall sosnd, when sounding out IT.
Nireot things
! u hich Heaven enaids above, or men achieve
below
Children the chord is touched which thrills
ny InuOst syui
NJ ou II Young hons sent 10 war, return no
! All where are they, when thro' the forest 8
depths call i;
Dead Oh the fed, smid the battles thunder
roar!
They vowed to 90 their duty-weIl they keps
their plight
Thrice-u eicome warscsrred vetrsns Who
| alive retUtn
Sleep we'll my dead iii history iutcribs your
/ Tho conquered, victors stills, tho not trlum'
phanl-rIght!
"Ah, yes my martyrs slain, ny prophets too
are gone
Strange factions close me in.-But never Ire
'nd all
Ye Braves these fallen forms shall mp again
aid OF,
Thro' eli he coming years made glorious by
their fail !
The stare shall rise that shine into the souls Of
men.
And in mysterious Junction dominate 'hc
earth
, To Tighten Factions grave, and herald Free
dom's birth
The suns that blazon Liberty shall burn again !!
fhus speaks the Grand Old Mother of Us Ill
Her voice slill reaching for IN ethera spheres
Her heart Oh fire, battle. flame her soul,
U Her eyes ablaze Ii H. the eternal stars
From out these clouds Of tyranny and shame
Look up, take heart aud name the name
Ofeome lar Sabbath which 10 Liberty is given
y day shall come perehance--a morn shall dawr
Ehall give each grave a tOngue,to ev'Iy tongue
text, 10 eVry tex! sacrstaa,
An altar, and priest, from Wh m The young
Shall learn the sermons of these darling dead,
10 teach them how to dare, and do, or de,
To save the fruits of peace or vanly uy-
But falling, leap 10 war groom 10 bridal-hed
GEN. AsHBY's NuasE.-An affecting
spectacle was Witnessed in the Episcops
Church before the procession moved. A
her request, Al 04d and iuErn negro wo
man, Who had nursed General Ashby in
hls childhood days, was conducted TO lhe
beI containing the herOs FemSIns. The
poor clio ncgTess exhibited much sorrow,
aud weP. bllerly.
The y.sisndcrs were much struck by
negro servant Of Gen. Ashby's family
al The grave a, Winchester. He wep,
proluseiy az HE remains Of his former
master were being lowered in the earth.
A STRANGE VIsIToR AS General
Wise wss concluding his eIoquen, allu-
sIOns 10 lhe future greatness and destiny
OF Virginia, large bald eagle came sail,
ing from The North. circled near the earth
over he crowd, and then, repluming his
wings, departed IN a SOutheriy direction.
A MARX OF REsrEcT-Csp'. Brown,
commanding the Federal forces station
ed at Winchester. caused The dag al head.
pn.,tora ,o ba l. nj Of n a f. mos :, bur;n, IN n