Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-06-03
SINGING OF DECORATION HYMN.
TuSE =" Portuguese HyntH."

Tune Portuguese Hylsn."
They rest from the conflict, their labor is ended,
Their battles are fought and their victories
gained
Their spirits heroic to God have asccndel,
Th-.- --.---.ssy r,rv Is "felt nonor unstalnea.
Beneath the green sod their bodies are sleeping,
Above them in beauty the dewey grass waves,
While comrades this day are sacredly keeping,
And strcwing with flowers then glorious graves.
We know chat our flowers VIII withor and perish,
our flags, too, will droop in the stiIl summer
air;
But deep in our hearts their memory wen cherish,
With love that the passing years ne'er viii i'm
PAR.
To us Is the weeping, while theirs is the glory;
From danger and duty they ne'er turned aside :;
Heroic their deeds and immortal their story,
They fought for their country, and conquer
ing, dled.
NJ longer they listen the tramp OF the le.,ious
That steadily marched TO the field OF the De ID :
From East and from West, and from far distant
regions,
Resistless in numbers and firm in their tread.
No angel OF death DER the battlefield bending
With skeleton finger il pointing his prey:
our o'ol heard the prayers OF the nation ascend
ing,
And turnca our dark miInish. Of horror To day.
0, God Of or fathers, o, God of our nation,
Their fdtll WAS unwlyering. their trust WIS III
Thee;
Thou gay st them the victory, to our Land gave
salvation,
And smiled once again on the home OF the free.
Yes, honor and glory for them arr eternal,
The nation they rInsomcd their memory will
keep;
Fame's flowers immortal will bloom ever vernal
Ger the graves where our heroes in glory now
sleep.
After the singing ceased, the graves in
the cemetery were decorated, and the pro-
ccssion moved on in the same order to
Evergreen Cemetery, at Center Rutland,
stopping on the way to decorate the
graves of those soldiers buried in the new
Catholic Cemetery.
[ pom arriving at the Evergreen Gene
terry, some delay was occasioned by mis-
take a. to the place selected for the exer-
cises, a suitable position was at last found,
the assembled multitude formed in a
hollow square, and the Rev. a. +. Bailey
offered prayer The Choral Society sung
the Opening Hymn, commencing
OPENING HYMN.
TUSE-PleyerS Hymn.
Love unchanging for the dead,
Lying here in gloried sleep,
Where the angels softly tread,
While their holy watch they keep.
wreaths we bring that ne er shall fade,
Greener with the passing years,
Brighter for our sorrows shade,
Jewelled with our falling tears.
Dying that the Truth might live,
Here they rest in Freedoms name,
Giving all that man can give
Life for Glory's deathless fame.
Bend in love, o azure Sky!
Shine, o Stars at eyening-time
Watch where heroes calmly lie,
Clothed with faith and hope sublime
God of nations, bless the land
Thou hast saved to make us free
Guide with Thy mighty hand,
Till all lands shall come to THEE.
Col Wheefock G. Veazey, Post Com
mander of Post Roberts, No IA, then de-
livered an address. He said that the
committee appointed to make the needed
preparation for this occasion had, until
quite recently, expected to have an grafton
from some distinguished stranger, but
failing in that they had notified him that
he was expected to make few remarks.
He had hoped to hear an address from
some prominent military hero of the war
bu t the appropriate discourse Of the af-
ternoon had reminded rs all that we need
not 60 away from home for speaker for