Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-03-17
nuI1ronY oTAFRIEnD.
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- ~ the vsil q nie1tsas draxn
0eessfern Sic told az the coming daWns
or. bendsd asmy ny:
within the sweet embrace OF slum0er 0ss'
All silent lay that vet'ran host. ,,.s ,o.t
Beeirt with dreams Of those they loveo 'n0 NO."
Who dwelt in homes afar.
mt - that herald of the new born dey;
INA 6rst bright blush Of morn's advsnclns .ss,
Roi,ed from old earth the shroud Of ngn. -
The lone-loud shout Of foemen w0.e snel1''
Han minalinR In one Wild tumultouc clanei
Inc notes Of 6fe. and drum. and bng!e r.ng o
While from their broken rest the soldiers sPEs"s
A h]ev. the blasts Of war around mem:
Swift formed they then with sword ana 0t.no
And short the space ere al prepared 'ney s's""
A living bulwark Tor their nsave ..n ~ ....,o.r
In ali the strength and pride OF ireemen.
We, Gods Il vas , grand and goodly sight:
That msrshal'd host in glittering armor bright
r. ~ M near the beams OF morning light
Flash'd DER their proud array.
Hare Wild and high the prancing warhorse neigno
There on the breeze their dancing banners play q
While not sight nor sound the thought oetrayo
That death was lowering Ger them.
But there al mute and motionless they stooo
While onward swept the pillows of that surging
food tss<
Which soon must pour its hearts best blood
All for cause most hopeless.
Hark 10 that short-more fierce than oceans roar
When charged With wrath her angry waters pour
In Wild and fearful desolation on the shore.
Rings wide that cry Of battle
noud peals the booming of the opening gun
Far DER the ranks its deadly echoes run
withering note of human strife begun
To close when death should hush 1t.
A moment more there rolls . sea OF FIRE
Oenvulsed and fierce it leaps IN frantic ire
While deeds Of death alone their hearts inspire
And urge them to their work OF slauhter.
Boon dense dark clouds the wooded plain enclose
A circling round the sulphurous smoke arose
4 vail Of pity for the gaze OF those
That loved not scenes of misery.
Fst on they press. though seeming dEkness
aoazse DER the din their laundering cannons
roar;
4 fearful kuell for who's strife vas Der
In LIES great battle.
Thick. thick and fast tho bolts Of havoc rain
Far and more wide red carnage heaps the plain
While hstred. smiling DER her heaps OF slain,
Hurls mercy from the fray.
There. where eli else, save death. appeared
remote
Our banner proudly for time did float
TIL fats launched forth shaft and smote
The heart Of him who bore it.
no earth he Quivering sank without groan.
Nor life enough 10 breath one one parting tone.
Yet from his hps low and smothered moan
Told al his agony.
They knelt beside him where he lay,
And wildly sought the crimson tide to stay.
Which wen they knew must swiftly ebb away
Inst life they priced 20 dearly.
They might have spared him nom that useless
pain.
Hove'er, they fondly strove, twas all in vain.
No power nor love Of earth could staunch again,
That btream Of life set flowing.
They raised his dropping head upon their knee.
Chat mid the lurid waste he yet might see
His tstter'd emblem Of the brave and freq.
A. torn and soiled II hosted Ger him.
And gazing there more feeble and more deeting
The parting breath his suffering spirit drew.
TIL With one mighty sob It sigh d it, long adieu.
And then aud there my brother died.
Beneath that hostile turf whereon he bled,
"A soldiers CORY couch for him Was spead;
The one poor gift from glory TO her dead
Who fell that day.
And not heart Of al but there felt how'd
Al meath forest monarch old and sroud.
Wrspt In bic bloody raiment for . ohroud,
They left him to his rest.
No traps OF woe, nor gilded bier.
But in that lonely spot eli dark and dresr
He found . grave without An emblem save the
star
Placed there BY those that loved Inn.