The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-24
TWILIGHT At HOLLYWOOD.

Tedsy our msiisns gathered hare to atrew =
The early flowers upon the soldiers graves
In their sweet custom and ut early morn, ~
Either they cauae with blossoms. buds and leaves,
And earnest faces fAirer than the flowers
No grave has been forsotten-all ore dressed.
The ample soldier from the distant State
In loved and honored, though perchance unkno"r'
And where he sleeps II beoutifnl with bloom.
One stayed little when the rest were gone,
Bsslde : grave. Quite motionless she stood
And tWilight gathers over Hollywood.
The sun Roes down behind bank Of cloud
And dsshea all the stormy West with oood'
Az dies hero In . broken cause
When, pouring ont his wasted HE, no leaves
Theland he loved TO darimess and defeas
Fsr down belawI hear IL river rush,
Aud Standing In This City Of the Dead
The voice of waters seems human CRY
That rises from the breadth of all the land
or shtyered heartstones and OF broken nearw.
rbe city. growing sombrc In the dusk.
Was III with spaendor forty months sgons, e.
when an our best and bravest gathered there,
nshon's fortress aud Ter capital.
Tho long streets tembled with the tramp Of men,
And rsne With shouting and with martial strains;
And uD the glancing river came the boom
~ rniehfy guns that held feet at bay:
But sorrow came upon her, and defeat,
Ghe sank in ashes, and peoples hope
ssnl ssrs sns s1 torn
Hsr Hs cSiidran @ bent their heads :enesth the yoke
IN bitter silence: snd her chosen Chief
Wss fsttered in the fortress oy the sa&
n ,.p,d rtysr. With the mighty voice,
Rsye Through thy bulls, and wear away the rocks
:Fvm = people wears away the heart
In thJnitng on their glory and their fM
But o the spirit Of the nrst campaigns.
20 dSyS Of HE and motion ssr.e.
From Rio Grande to Chesapeake
Trey ssthcred. sweeping Joyous to the hght
Tbe ybd 5ell rising from The tr.mpling charge
dofe through tho ragged riffs OF battle smoke :
And rose above Tie thunder Of the guns. -
INA . arest wave On the open sea,
ThSt strit . blow and isases wreck behind,
vnss WssS tR tsmRpsss s Sssos and crest Of bay, net
Gcd Srniied at nrst, then turned his faes szide;
And hope that gfttered Ike sInltts word:
Vas 0uepebed IN gloom and sttn tho smote tho zoe
That roee With strength renewed from each defeat,
IN, broken BY taeir victories, they fell. D
Forever thin and thinner grew their ranks, n
tina weary .narch, the hungry htvouao,
The scarfy blanket wet with driving aleet,
~Ls sIsepiess outpost listleosneas Of camp.
me longing for tie loved s.,.;a 4 nonssl s these
Until their strength was spent-nov low they lie.
Ard mover more upou Virginia bills ,--,
ShaIa khriai the cpse& OF the Southern hnrs.
The man that bore tho bsyonet and blade
Bu. ohd 10 think how bright ana swim they ware.
And now how cold and stal
o rusf,tus Diver, thou st least art free :,i,,-
Ard nt 70 ains Q soldiers requiem, sD- ~ fs
Ueop.Aoned and s. tiemulous-thed dirge OF mon
mai once were tauaalesss q thy winter lood.
,xhsn once assin We stand sssot spd free y- .y
And.Ne may write truthful epitsph- g..-l
n nation uftering It's Rrief in Stone
m MIA s,ott stAloiy monument.
Nok that thor fsme has need OF scuPtured urn.
For they have lived such lives and wrought such deeds
svensl history cannot he away.
T4n then shsn scattered roses deck their graves
And Noman,s tears shaI be their epitaph.
: 4; ;rtyysr, fhouah they mouldsr In the dust
I1tthem not perish from our hearts-speak on
And hH ms with thy rushing energy, a--@-
That o. the gathered feshets Of the spring
Bursk upward through the shackles Of the ice,
So ve af Inst may dash our fetters Of
Tor until thep, these men have died In vain. l. Z.