The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-02-20
TO THE MEMORY OF THE LAMENTED
GOV. HENRY WATKINS ALLEN
Inscribed to the Noble Women Of Louisiana,
BY COLONEL A. NJ HOBBY

row thrills, M
Az night descends upon their frozen hills.
60 wept, and felt we, when the saddened
e breeze = : 80.
sighed from the Exile's home beyond the
seas,
And murmuring whispered to his native
shore
That her bright sun had set, to rise no
more.
Why weeps that maidcn7 why in gloom
she rovesg
Nor heeds the fragrance Of her orange
II groves. 80
why rests q sadness on that iron brow?'
tear-that eye has never known TIL now.
Why stops the child at play9 three Aprils
old,
And earth and air solemn stiffness hold
And why does grief extend its darkened
pail
And universal sorrow sadden all9
What! weep not for him! whose deeds
Are rolled with grand music on the breeze
of time ...
ASunin Glory's armament hath set
THAT splendid sun that Lit the Southern
sky,
Warmed every heart, and kindled every
eye;
No spot appeared upon its golden zone,
No borrowed light--its radiance all its
own:
Spread to the distant world its piercing
beam,
Or touched the modest violet on the
stream;
Kissed every tear-drop from the tender
flower, 4Ii 14&aHi5#'
That bent its leaves beneath the storms
rude power;
Unclasped the ice-bands from the snowy
hills,
Called the hushed music from the voice
less rills.
Awak'd the spring from their sleep of
death,
10 breathe the fragrance of their spicy
breath;
10 paint the cherries field and faded
bowers, tta.tg f,s.lt,.ft /
In all the loneliness of summer hours.)
Who would not feel, when such a sun had
set,
The deepest sorrows of a long regret.
Oh, Allen if within your lonely grave (
Where summers tropic blooms forever
wave '"'i.t" +I'f th' tstt
The sounds Of Southern woe, that now we
hear, h t4iq - qTi.sfas
Could pierce its portals to thy spirit ear,
In one broad, deep, Confederate voice
'twould rise, 80. 9s..,t..H-.
And half repay thee for thy sacrifice,
If solemn grief be ours, how doubly great
Thy grief shall be our mourning sister
State;
lie was thy son, whose purity and fame
Gave splendid lustre to your own bright
81 name. Is G.3l...-. .t...a MI.
But glorious deeds like his, not thine alone,
Fame proudly spreads them with her trum-
pet tone,
Till every pulse was fred, aud heart was
stirred, s'ii5Hf5'E
When Aliens great and glorious name
was heard.
Oh! for some mighty hand that would as
To sweep the golden chords of Southern
To breathe her own great names in martial
song. e...,.
And point the brave and true in Fame's
proud throng 81 ~
Oh who shall estimate the greatness lost,
Or tell the virtues that adorned him most;
The Civic Chieftain Of a ruined State
Once proudly prosperous, aud truly great
Now echoed but to hostile armies tread, !.
A boundlcss waste, where desolation
spread
One cheerlesss shadow DER the land and
there sR'f u TX az
Starvation's cries were mingled with des-
pair.
The trembling ship that fiercely storms as
sail,
And helpless staggors to tho rushing gale,
Turns boldly to the waves, that would
o'erwhelm,
When the undaunted pilot takes the
helm. N$F a "a
So with tremendous might this masters
hand
Stayed dead Distinctions march upon the
land,
Touched the State corpse of credit, and it
rose ~ y
In newedstrepgth, a giant on his foes.
The barsen fields again were decked in
bloom,
The anvil echoed TO the whirring loom;
His sails of commerce whitened in the
breeze,
Despite the watchful sentries of the seas
Returned through dangers with their smi-
ling store,
To clothe the naked and to feed the poor:
And grateful tears in sorrowing eyes were
born,
As golden plenty filed her crescent horn.
When hearts grew faint, in dangers dark
est hour,
A new demand was made on Aliens
power.
Ills wondrous eloquenee was deeply
breathed 3ss EtIt}iIf{ 3ii
And Hope, with confidence, her brow On en-
wreathed;' 'ta'%t thi3 il3s2 !
He swept with mighty hand on passions
Tyre, -
Though sunk in cowardice, or ribbed in
No heart but answered to his great ar-
His willing car heard tales Of deep dis
His ready hand gave to the wronged, re-
True to the last--did all that man could
{, dare tst.rrt5g
To shield the helpless was his latest care!
True to the last-from Heavens meridian
height ~ t-th +
Saw Glory's Southern Sun sink down IN
night! rts{}
True to the last-as sorrows tear-drop
fell, s
To broken hearts he babe last farewell
True to the last-he saw the last act close,
And sought in foreign lands q long repose.
In foreign lands that lonely Exile sleeps
No eye of love its faithful vigil keeps.
By strangers hands alone his eyes were
closed, t.&+tt'''ft
By strangers hand his shroud of martial
gray - tls.& A
That shown respondent in the Southern
fray aaEa{Ee i8asl5.
Was wrapped, oh warmly DER his noble
{ breast - ftt3f@ 5EEt 1
Within its folds more calmly will he rest
Meet type, to clotho in gray, his manly
form,
Alike uhdauntetl they had met the storm,
Alike their stainless purity had kept.
Alike will be remembered, loved, and
wspt, = - - 4'4
Alike in tears and silence laid away,