Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-30

TO deeds which Heaven approvingly
Looks down on from above.
Flowers fresh with morning dew. tfEE ~
Bring above the dead to strew; rr.Y '>ar
Flowers from the gay parterre, 20 a4 s-tl.gr
waxing fragrant all the air; ft.H- .r.- O.
Flowers from the mossy dell '- - lss-.
Wnere the Fays and FAIRIES dwell. gIT ..r-
Roses bring Of rarest bloom - S~t
Fitting offerings for the tomb;
Roses white and roses red, : 81, .,trf~. z
For the martyr-sOIdier's bed; il@
Emblems of the cause adored, .'tsn
Emblems Of the blood he pouredi
Scatter flowers OF every hue,
White spreas, violets blue; ......
Sweet verbenas, mign0nette,
Natures loveliest coronet. --'y3H
Coral honeysuckles sweet, -HCsE
Pluck'd from some embo wer'd retreat,
Jessamine and primrose gay, .a - -a-
Sweetly twined with lilac spray; r4Fs r.fv
Woodbine from the garden wall
Sweet geraniumsLbring them all. 90
Now these gathered flowers between
Sprinkle sprays Of evergreen:
Arbor-vit2, box, and bay,
Ivy from some run gray;
Cedar, holly from the grove
Branches often interwove
When the world with one accord f.s
Chants hosannas to the Lord
And the temple aisles are seen
Draped with boughs Of evergreen D.
Flowers bring from everywhere.
Wreathed and bound by fingers far;
Ger these clusters shall be shed
Tears in memory Of the dead; ..-
From these petals shall arise 'l'.
Grateful incense to the skies. ---.
Drop them DER each rising mound,
Leave them on this hallowed ground;
Let them wither on the sod
Where the sleeper waits his God
Some were never crown'd till now,
No green wreath e'er deck'd the brow;
Though at du.y's call they came,
Left the fields Of wealth and fame
For the weary day long tramp,
For the bivouac and the camp,
For the deadly shot and shell;-
Though amid the storm they fell
Fell to save q nations shame,
Fell to shield an honored name,
Fell beneath our banner bright,
Slain for Liberty and Right .,.
Though for them no peans rise,
Ms ass
All nations love are theirs!
Meath these fower-strewn graves they rest,
By grateful country blestl 5.-.H
III.
Our offerings o'er-Angel OF Death, again
We leave these tenants to thy silent reign.
Fair svells the scene. We pause and gaze
On shaded slope, this height with verdure
The classic river gliding calmly by,
The city spre that meets the rowing eye:
lis well that mid these gentler scenes should
sleep ...-L .. ...-. a
The forms nations tireless vigils keep;
Above these spreading fields shall ne'er again
The sturdy sowsr cast the flying grain,
No more the reaper in the summer heat f.-
Garner the girded sheaves OF golden wheat;
The seed here sown in many q grassy heap,
martyr'd host, shall mightier angels reap!
Ere we 60 forth again-a mourning train, a'T
Be sure we have not trod these paths in vain:
From frail memorials that around US lie:
o! let US learn to live and learn to die
And as above the pilfowed turf we stand,
To scatter fragrant flowers on every hand,
Let Us remember other friend. will spread
Full soon for us the lone and dreamless bed.
Here, then, let passion, hatred, sink to rest,
And kindlier thoughts inspire each living
breast;
Let faults and wrongs together be forgot,
And vengeance sleep within this hallowed spot
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But late the nation bade her armie form
O'er land and wave war poured hisIeaden storm;
Far, far and wide, DER many camping ground,
mhe sieepless sentry paced his measured round
The blooming harvest, all ungathered stood,
And streams unstain'd before ran red with
But scenes like these thought shudders to por-
tray
Oh! ne'ef again return that awful day,
When flowers lay crush'd beneath the soldiers
heel, e-F- /. .et-l q. ~.
And crig;son clouds re-echoed peal on peal,
Sweet Peace, resume once more thy rosy reign,
Come back with all life's gentler arts again:
Hence days OF battle smoke and clashing spears,
OF funeral urns and consecrated tears; p
OF spectral shadows o'cr the hearth-stone cast,
" bleeding wounds and parting words tbs last!
Withered the arm that strikes the nations lite!
Trod into dust the heart that would divide
This band of States, our glory and our pride;
''GoD SAVE TIE UNIoS!' be the ascendin &
That fingers latest on this sacred air.
"GoD SAVE THE UNIoN!" undissolved, till time
Shall close its record in Heavenly cline!
Hostias Mozart, by the grand chorus and Ma
rine Band, was then rendered, after which Gen.
John A. Logan, Commander in Chief Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, was introduced
and spoke as follows; ts.T - 80
ADDRESS OF GENERAL LOGAN.
Fellow Cftisens and Comrades Another year
has rolled away into the deep bosom of eternity.
carrying with it all its joys and heart-aches alr
its pleasures and pains. Ia
Another year have our heroic dead slumbered
in their graves, while we have been enjoying
the boon v hich they have purchased with their
lives. =
The dsy has arrived which first was dedic sted
memory Of their slain comrades, and soon chesr.
fully and universally adopted by the ioyal
American people, TO bow before their sacred
Silence, perhaps, would better befit such an
occasion than all the words mortal tongue ear,
pronounce, for great thoughts and emotions or
the soul disdain the tnraldom Of language.
to the sentiments which have prompted our
gathering In this city Of the dead, and however
inadequate my EFFORT may be to the sublimity OF
this hour, shall not hesitate to express the
feelings of my heart, which beats in unison with
your own. sH -.
Homage to fallen heroes is not an invention Of
our days; history beams with examples how va
rious nations In various ages have honored their
patriot dead. =. - -
1t was q custom established by the laws of
Athens that the obseques OF those who had
fallen for their country IN battle should be per
formed In the most public and solemn manner.
The bones Of the slain were gathered ON fba
plains or mountains, and were brought IN soi.
emn procession TO the city. There. in TENT
they were guarded in state, and receiyed The
votive offerings Of friends and relatives. snch as
flowers, weapons and precious Ornaments. which
were brought as tributes OF affection and eyi-
vices. :
COINS Of funeral cypress then enclosed the ]
honored remains, which, on the fourth dsv1
were borne 70 the vaults prepared for their rs,
ception, amid beautiful groves in the saburhs