St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-07-15

When she taught him t, ''be man.
T1'jce ten years ago, hy the school house old
There were little captain. and men
Their ranks were ordered, the drums rolled,
But none comprehended them
Yet the teachers unconsciously taught 81 well
That, at threat Of gigantic wrong.
These pupils ready the ranks to swell
six hundred thousand strong"
o bitter indeed the Republics need
When her foe fav'rite son
And bloody the work of the true-born seed,
Who would neither betrny, run.
Who knew that storm was about to bur-t'
Who guild the statcsman's pen?
Who planted that which must ripen first
Who foresaw the demand for men!
way opened before our face,
And the nation onward trod;
And, mid al: the gloom, there light to trace
The wisdom and work of God
They came who could read and think, and Jeel
Better used to the plow than the gun;
Yet they met the charges Of hos tile steel
Like veterans in si1ty-one.
As forward and back the shuttle leips
Through the reach of the nervous loom,
Both daring aud 'scaping the lathe's wide sweeps,
And the warp G1udSing it room,-
So, hithrr and thither or own hrigades,
BY their battles and marches wove
In red, white, and blue, that never more fade,
The banner of loval love:
Eternal Truth The machinery sped,
And God Himself oversaw,
Till Justice wa- mingled, threat by thread,
With the majesty of Law.
But many heart must b. pierced and torn
En- that crimson deeply set,
And many mother was made to mourn,
Nor ceases the mourning yet:
Tor more is lost, when 2; hero digs
Than target OF human mould -
There courage, control, mural victories
That could not be purchas d with gold,-
There's intellect, heart, and manly zeal.-
There Is stcadfa=tne-s for thought, worth
\ generous for the public veal
\ great soul cut off from the earth:
But tn cd'r>' was worthy thr sacrifice,
Though above all price it be
For millions, pcrchance, are about to ri-e
Would be lives but he -et them free
'Tis no common srav- then,-the heros grave
liz u fountain, and who come= near
Il baptized with emotions that tend to save
rom useless, weak career.
iow.y thcy lie here their rank Il ed.
And the Uell-k, pit truce s long -
In'y hold every fell here they campei and bled
Three hundred thou and -trong.'
And 'u- meet to entlbltt each worthy nam
Where the wayfaring rnau may see
With gold TO ,mblazoII that IL ar-bough; fame
Which hl- aved u our liberty.
@, who surrovful memoir bring,
"i your dcart-t bcr, It.
And finding that void in ,rr,1 thing
ir.iisr tod That few are LETT
\ f.,r left shall We c'cr FORGET
cur Obligations TO themr
or hcedlc-sly think We discharge our debt
liy chanting their req .icm?
- heroic men, who-e memories tl!rong
With rcenrs that n,addeuing yet -
Your b:ors are and that lifelong:
May You live to iucrea-,. debt.
%, rock # the noun ain,-Icrs gone
Ry some terrible rife uph,aved
iiy de- IN bruk' II out, ctrri d ~, aud on
10 4 d,-tiuy just perceived
II fashioned with blows 10 til, conely form
Her TO -tIud until Time Is OIL
%or f.liutia., At midday. nor miudng the storm -
ihou art TX. I" Il hero bold
O, Il, yer hcr,af rthosr names forget
Now cau-i;ned TO t.ly sacred trust!
still preach the pcopl tha. Ar. not yet
When taosc LOW around YOU are dust.
Say are tb,r, tpbi, d..d, n, b, do,s.
A"f there >'iN d, aF.-,r>>ai'.i E.ght:
.llE n,a.,l a la''', - l.. ,,In n,n,
Orsrrr 'r, dream re fIht!