Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-05-31
From the Land We Love.
MEMORIAL FLOWERS.

MEMORlAL- FLOWERS.
The Lord of light who rules the hours,
Has scattered through our sunny land.
Aementoes Of His love in ao wrrr,
With lavinh hand.
This month they bloom in beauty rare
And more than wonted sweets display.
AS conscious of the part they bear
The Tenth Of May.
ON which tho South in piaintive tone
OF pride and sorrow mixed with bliss,
Speaks: "As a nation, l can own
No day but thsl'
give on it, my glorious dead
The tribute. they have earned so well,
And with eacll bud and blossom shed
A mystic spell.
/ lay the Laurel wreath above
The Cedar with its sacred ties,
And place them, with mothers love,
Where JACKSON lies.
The Lily in its lovelincss,
Pure ne the stream where it awoke,
And spolless as his Bishops dress,
give 10 POLK.
To ALBERT SIDNEY JouSsox, Moss.
And Rosemary and Balm to these
Entwisled in o simple Cross.
l add Hearisease.
Tho FIeur-de-Li,, in song and lay
The emblem Of true knght-hood's pride,
place commixed with Jsssamiue spray,
By AsuBYs sido.
Flesh Morning-Glory buds I twins
With scarlet Woodbins laid beneath
Aud mirgle with them Eglnutine;
For PELHAM's wreath.
The Honeysuckle's rosy drift.
Whence fragrance dripping dsws distill,
l offer as tie proper gif'
Fur AMBRosE Hill.
Der PE$DrR's pure and sncred Dust
Let Bleeding Hearts and Bays be swept
lie we'll deserved his Country's trust
So nobly kept!
Let RAHsEuR's native pines drop down
Their leaves and odorous gums; displayed
To form with Ivy-fowers a down,
Where he lies laid.
While Orsnge blossoms fall like suow
TO d III the air with fragrance ripe,
The form Of MAxcI Cisco. below,
The truest type.
Where DoLrs and Barrow rest in death.
strew Hyaciuths and Mishonstte.
And scatter with ito ba.,ny breath,
The Violet.
The fnirest Of the radiant dyes,
Which paint in living gems her sward,
The Land Of Flowers well supplies
To honor WARD
The grand Magnolia's blossom. fall,
Miugliug with Fern their snowy loads,
And form a freshly fragrant pail
To cover RnoDEs'
Let stars of Bethlehem cleaning lie, ..
As pure a. DARxaDALE's soul, which scars
While he exclaims: ~ giad,y die
In such eause p
GRAxBuRY res:s in dreamless sleep,
And heaped upon his graves green sod,
klet the Crimson Cactus creep.
Round Golden Rod.
OF ZoLLIcosrKR, who went first
To plead my cause 1t Heavens bar,
The Am'ranth', buds to glory burnt. =
Fit embiems are.
For hoRoAs let the wild wood Grape
Afford dsvy diadem,
And with ita dropping tsndrils draps
,Ihs .Buck-syes stem.
Missouri, from the. fertile felds
go wssieds shEhar giant rivers waves
- Tia spEgsele Rhododendrop yields
~ sAVQ2tssN's grave.
= AS9oad AStSone with CLaso1xs1 nsms,
wSstSS pstsiss and the doIdsu Bell
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