Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-06-02

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"Can TINT man be dead 81
Whose spiritual influence is upon hi' kind!
lie lives in glory; and his spcnkinS Ha'e
Has more of life than half the breathing
moulds.'
1t was in accordance with Divine
wilt that our loved Conicderacy
FIJI; the cypress and rue r MIN
glcd with our roses; my heart bIeeds
when | note the devastation She
has suffered. The rude hand OF
war has desolated her homes, and
the iron heel OF oppression has
tramplcd her flowers; we have
nothing left save sweet. sad memo
ries of the past.
"Thc old suit Of grey is tram
pied and blood.stained, yet how
precious are the memories it evokCs.
The high hopes that impeilcd us on,
the victories won, the brave hearts
it covered, that throbbed their last
upon the distant battlefield, and
lastly, the tomb in which our Con
federacy lies buried.
How forribly should the name
Southern soldier appeal to our
heart, while memory leads lis to the
camp and battlefield and depicts,
in mourntuI tones, the privatlons
and ~suticrinys undergone chcertui'
~ for our country. All language
cannot describe the many h~ardshlps
borne by the private soldier.
How many in the early morning
of life, when the future promised
fair, when ambition sung her syron
song of the bright laurols to be
won, and hope pointed to the Area.
dian fields Of happiness, pressed
the last kiss upon the rosy lips of
love, and turnrd from the home OF
p ace to Join "the van among the
soldiers of the grey" 10 fill the
grave Of the common soldier, de.
MED wen the solace OF sleeping
near the loved home Of youth,
where the sweet breath of orange
and masnolias kiss the flowers
blooming among the graves Of their
fathers.
1t is sad to be cut down in man
hoods bloom, to have the life pull
sating in every vein in one swift
moment staining the sward, but
there is even We. Il saddor fate
TO Iinger day after day, week af-
ter week, upon the couch OF pain,
unaIIeviatcd by the hand Of love,
unsoothed by the voice OF affection,
with the limited attention and com.
forts Of the hospital.
Oh the h]earl-arhes, the suffering
keen as death conveyed in the
words "sick in u hospital" to know
that.bcy0nd the narrow walls there
blooms q world of brightness, that
outside the birds are singing i'll joy
ous freedom, and memory would
wander back to the loved distant
home, cmbowcrcd by spicy groves,
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