The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-24
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PRIZE Poem TO THE CONFIspIsRhTE
DEAD.
TwIIIour AT HOLLYWOOD.

TwIIIour AT HOLLYWOOD.
To-day our mnI,lcns gathered hero to atrow
Tho carly flowers upon tho Boldiora' graves.
III their Bwlcl custom and nt carly morn,
lliIer tloy caine with blossoms, butIH nj loavcs
Aud earnert faces falrcr tlInn tho flowers.
No grave has becn forgottcn-al arc Dressed
Tho enP'r soldier frun tho distant Stalo
Ia loved and hUuorol. though pcrcllance unknown,
And whore ho sleeps is boa1iifai will bloom.
Ono stayed iittlo when tho rest wore gone,
DosIde a grave. Qaite motlonirss she Stood
Until Tho paths grow dim. then turned away;
Tho eun Rooa down behind bank OF cloud
And dashos all the stormy West with blood.
when, pouring out his wasted nfo; he leaves
Tholsnd ho loved TO dnrknt ss and dofoat =.
Fur down below hear IL river rush.
Aud standing In This City Of tho d, nd
1he voico Of waters sccms q human cry
That rises from The breadth Of all the land
or shiycrcd hoartstonos and OF broken hearts,
Tie city, growing sombro in tho dunk.
Was Ill with sploudor forty months ngonc,
Whom all our best md braypBt gathered there,
nations fortross and her capital.
Tho long streets trembed with tho tramp Of mon,
And rang with shouting and with martial strains;
Aud up tho glnncing riyor cnmo tho boom
Oi mighty guns that held luit Mt bay;
Dnt sorrow calnn uPon her, aud tlaEoat,
shp sank IN asheS, aud poople's hopo
Bank with hor; aud her glory passed way.
Her arms ovcrthruwn. bnr flag was torn,
Her ehlilruu bont their heads cn"lth thU yoko
IN btter slleuce; and hor chosen Chief
rapid river, with the mighty voice,
Rave through thy hiliR. and nwny tho rocks
Even as people wears away tho heart
In thinking on heir glory and their fall.
But The spirit of Tho nrsi campaigns.
Odays OF life and motion
Thoy gathered, sweeping Joyous 70 the fight.
Tho Wild Jc rising nom tho trnmpling charge
tore through nS ragged riffs Of battlo smoke
And roae above tho thunder OF tho guuA
AMI al RrcAt wnyo on tho open scl,
Wiz tempest SoieS and eses, op Sf saels'
aOl smiled at nrst then turned his face aside;
And hope, thnt glitlcrcd nkn Hunts wurj,
Was quenchel IN gloom; and still thov Buto tho foo
That rose, with strrnsth rcncwc from zach defeat,
I'LL, trokpn by their victories, they fell.
Forever thin and thinner grow their ranks,
Tho III No.Ty ,.rch. The hungry biyonne.
Tho sSsny snaSs n,oS, TS Sit dsv,4 SO
The ongns fur tho loved ut homo-all these,
Far moro than wasting battle. wasted them
Until their strength wls spcnt.nnw low they lie.
Aud neyor moro uUou Virginia hills
Shall thrill Tho onBct Of The sonthrrn Inca.
Thu men that bore tho buyonet and blailo
Shall boar item moro;
But Oh 10 think how bright and swifs they wcrc
And now how cold aud still
rushing rivor. tbou at least art free
And ut to sing q soldiers rcquicni,
DeeIltoncd aud trcmulous-tho dirgo Of men
That ollco were tancicss as thy winter food.
whcu once again wo stand erect and FREQ
Aud wo may write o truthful opttaph-
A natiUn uttoring It's grief In stono
all pilo ai0it stately monument
Mol that thclr fano has mood OF Bculpturcd urn,
For they have nvo such vcs and wrou sht such deeds
Az vGnal history caunoi lie nwly.
TIL then Khull scattered roaus deck their grayos
And wonianH Tears riia1 be uloir plitaph.
rivor though thoy mouldcr IN tho DUST
iIol them not perish from our hcarts-spGas on,
And oil us with thy rushing euer;,y,
That as ,hc gathered freHhGts OF tho spring
Aurst upward through tho shncklea OF tho leo,
so vo ut last may dash our fottors Of
For until nlon. t.ese men havo died In win. l. Il