Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-06-20
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THE BLUE COAT OF THE SOLDIER

THE BLUE COAT OF THE SOLDIER !
'na' BY TIE LATE BISHOP BURGESS oFRI,sr
You asked me little one, why I bowed, gBl 4
Though never Ipassed the man before9 al X
Because my heat was full and proud
When saw the old blue coat he wore;
The blue great-coat, the sky, blue coat, . q
4 h os The old blue, coat the soldier wore.a H
sIknow not, I, what weapon he chose, % $50
| 4 What chief he followed, what badge he wore;
q Enough that in, the front of foes bas a-ts4
His country's blue greatcoat he wore;
The blue greatlcoat, &c. "hoi'" t'''
faysr afy sEcgs itfggggJ gfsa a8GsrEni
Perhaps he was born in foret hui,
I |" Perhaps he had danced on palace floor;
To want or wealth my eyes were shut,o0.yCTq
i ! only marked the coat he wOreilsl q iiao
The blue great-coat, &c.
!, IL mattered not much il he drew his line, gaa
From Shem or Ham, in the days Of yore; ~
I For surely he was brother Of mine,
# Who for my sake the war-coat wore; 'eaf
3aaH The blue greatlcoat &e.ow oaw g..a 9at
He might have no Skill to read or write. 9 "a
IL Or he might be rchin learned lore ;d4B1J1
But | knew he could make his mark in fght,s
7 And nobler gown no scholar wore, t,
Than the blue great coat, &c. ''' .'''4
I u.u.4 nlWaau i5m1r urT oaH b9lu
1t may be he would plunder and prowl, , -.
And perhaps in his mood he scoffed and swore
But would not guess spot SO foul aaaa#y
On the honered coat he bravely wore; lgs
The blue great coat, &c. .... t.-..
He had worn it long, and borne it iar;3 sreg9
And perhaps on the red Virginian shore, ,,
From midnight chill till the morning star
That worn great coat the sentry wore:
RI Gs That blue great.coat, &c. q $3.50 'aigatTGo
When hardy Butler reined his steed
Through the streets Of proud proud Baltimore
Perhaps behind him. at his need, ss 4T
Z. Marched he who yonder blue coat wore;
The blue great'coat, &c.
:. Perhaps it was seen in Burnside ranks, i,,-'
When RappahannoGk ran dark with gore;
II Perhaps on the mountain side with Banks
g In the burning sun no more he wore q
Is g The blue greatcoat &c. foHlH gsa--
a. Perhaps in The swamps was a bed for his form,
From the seven days battling and rnarchir
e, 'it # gore h
Or with Kearney and Pope mid the steel
Flte storm, o ta' ro '1 't'"
"a AS the night closed In, that coat he wore;
or q The blue greatcoat, &c! ~ 't#t1s r5tfae
nj fe.a.a prg'saH s#.ai. eEE EE fba#
I ~. ;-I& Iacu laGh haI
n That cellar or cape some bullet tore s.
o. when far ahead Antietam flashed III ....
OF He flung to the ground the coat that he wor
s That blue great coat &c.
:. Or stood at Gettysburg where the graves
= 30 Rang deep TO Howard's cannon roar ssgHl
" Or saw with Grant the unchained waves sgada
u. Er Where conqueling hosts the blue coat wore
OF The blue greatcoat, &c. uo 7n1H ..1l
y 1.-THE earb of honor tells enough.
., Though its story guess no more;
or. The heart it covers is made Of such stuff ''
The coat Is mail which the soldier wore;
me The blue greatcoat, &c. $40 ai '4'
Mt. fss.s hss a1.s,
hIp He may hang it up when the peace shall come
And the moth may find it behind the door
so, But the children will point when they heal
ice drum, Ia .-si. ..... A. .
wv To the proud old coat their father wore
The b!ue greatcoat, &c.
at gi 80 S@~"l NJ ,Iooi baF q3)8s 3d, L1Ueq
~" ~" Andlso my child, will you and Lmal gis
IN X. For whose fair home their blood they pour,
len Still bow the head as one goes by svi,a seg
p'e Who wears the coat chat soldier wore AZ <
; The blue great coat the sky blue coat
IL The old blue coat the soldier wore, a