The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-08-08
The Bivouac of the Dead.
BY THEODORE O'HARA

The Legislature of Kentucky caused the dea,
u That State who fell at Buena Vista, to b.
T"hTti nome t0d inferred ut Frankfort. unde
>hiend'd monument. Theodore O'Hara.
''te't INSTRUMENTATION. soldier and scholar. wa
rlecied the orator and poet of the occasion
y hence. The beautiful eulogy which. alone, sui
Ices 10 rescue his name from oblivion. Tn
'"em was written more than twenty wears ago
II has the same application to-day
The mutfird drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo:
y more on LIES parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
w FHme'> eternal camplng-grOmd
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The hiyouac of the dead.
NJ rumor Of the foes advance
Now >wells upon the wind:
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
OF loved ones left behind;
No vision Of the morrow's strife
The warriors dream alarms:
Nor Drawing horn nor screaming fife
Al dawn shall call to arms.
Their >hivered swords are red with rust.
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their naughty banner. trailed in dust
l. now their martial >hroud.
ANA plenteou> funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow
ANA the proud forms, by battle gaShed,
Are free from anguish now.
The neighinS troop, the flashing blade,
The buglr'S stirring blast.
The charge, the dreadful cannonade.
The din and shout are past:
NOT wars Wild note, nor glorv's peal.
Shall thrill with fierce delight
IhoSe breasts that never more may feel
The rapture of the fight.
Like the fierce Northern hurricane
That sweeps his great plateau.
rushed Win The triumph vet 10 gain
anne down the serred foe.
" ." heard The thu"der of the fray
Break Ger The field beneath.
NnsW well he WltrhWnrd of The tIav
W IL " ictorV OF death"
Long had the doubtful conflict ragged
Ger AL that stricken plain
For never tercer fight hal waged
The Aengeful blood of SPAIN
And still The storm of battle blew.
snl >~ellel the CORY tide;
N"l long oar stout old chief lin. knew.
such odds hls strength could hide.
Twas Ia that hour his stern command
called 70 Il martyrs grave
Ihr flower at ms own loved landrt
he nations fac to save
~ rivers of their fathers gore
Hi ir>i-born iaurelS grew,
AMI well lac deemed the sous would pour
her lives for glory, too.
Fun many norther'> breath has swept
p'rr Ango>tura's ! plain
And long N r pitNin@ sky has wept
A'nye H. mouldered Slain.
Tie 'aNeh> scream. or eagles flight,
ar shepherds l,ensive Law,
Alone awake> each Sulcn height
That fruWncd DER that dread fray.
sons Of the Dark and Bloody Grounds
lnil>l moi >umher there
here stranger Steps and tongues resound
Along The needless air;
our own proud lands heroic soil
shall he Your litter grave
-. c'nin> from war his richest spoil
The ashes of her brave.
- meath their parent turf they rest.
Ear from The CORY iieil,
H'Inr Ia e spartan mothers breast,
tln many a bloods shield;
lr sunshine oil their native Sky
Smiles sadly on them here.
ND kindred eyes and hearts watch by
he heroes Srpuichre.
Resi- on. enibalmed ami sainted dead
Dear Is the blood We gave:
No lmpious iootstep here shall tread
The heritage of Your grave;
Nor >h5N Your glory he forgot
" ile tame her record keeps
bf honor points the halowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps.
on marble minister's voiceless stone,
In deaihless son" shall tell
When many vanished age hath flown,
The story how We fell:
Nor wreck, nor change. nor winters bligh
Nor Times remor>eIes> doom,
shall dim one raw of holy llrbt
That gills yonr glorious tomb.
Zachary TAYLOR.
+''en. IaNlor was a native of Kentucky, Al
the kentucky troops are here alluded to.
+MeNlcans knew the battle OF Buena Wis
m The name of 1Rg0sturd which mea
Narrow Pass
The Indian name for Kentucky.