The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-06-12

boye wboec gio<ey hnh
Grew gray In the age Of the grave
Who lie 90 harnbly there.
bscause ron were grand and brave;
Ton. whose lives cold set
Like q winters sun tlI-timed,
Whose hearts ran down ere yet
The noon OF your uyes hsd chinsd,
You, who In The son ,..g.rr
OF girlhoods smiles were bssking,
Who loft fresh hearts al wen.
With hands 20 Be had for the ssk!nzi
You, whose bright trss, fAccs.
Are dimmot BY elonds OF drsti
Who hide In gloomy places,
And evinge 'twlxt testh Of rusei
Do yor know your fathers are pear,
The wrecks OF their pride 20 mceu
DO yoa know that Your mothers are bcro,
To throw their hearts at your fee1
Do yos know the maiden hoyers
Hooud you. with beuded knee,
Thinking what royal lovers
Such lovers as you wousd k<t
Ruins of manly graces,
Strong buds crushed 10 spring.
LIT Up your phantom fseeA
And ses what oo~eu We bring.
We struck oar camp si tresk o. aAy. VIC
marched unto the neht
We laid tie rose Of pleasure down. and gTasp-
"a The thorus of right
The drums tones we're sweet 20 us ths Gfc
was sweeuy shrll,
Tie tapping Of Gar country tsg-is made
our pulses thrill.
.Tney eheered as ss We walked ths streets;
they marched ne to aud fro,
And they Who staid spoke loud 70 ns bow
Oh. yo.l il was brave t,me--sha, solemn
holiday,
The glorlons time We sLoalderea arms, and
marched, marched avayi
Our faces Get with Iron deeds that were yet
20 be dooe,
Our lnusksu clean and brisss apd new, and
slitlsrlng n he eur.
IL was 80 Hike some tournane1l-solDe grand.
&c sort Of play
That time We proudly sbouldsred arms and
marched, marched awayl
There came q dash of sudden tsaTs, from
those who sad goodbye
them no rcpiy'
Th<re iesped . moisture 90 Cur eyes, but
pride was there on guard.
And battered back the heavy teaFs thst came
80 nerce and hard,
rwou3 never do 20 droop o1r beads. 20 ear
So gsllAntly We sboaldsrea srus and march
ed, marched away.
Bat when the cold and cruel night about oar
tents did creep.
And memory tooi the m,dDigh, watch. aud
pride bad gooe 10 sleep;
When food ambition threw aside tho rnask
that be bad worn,
And ali we bad day ego seemed ever from
us torn.
And when The boy within ns stroye TO perish
for the mau,
It twas then The holiday was done, ana then
our fight began.
The old bone. H esIDe 70 ne, with AL in hap
py days.
Like some sweet aover we grasp In vain. ihs,
sings us While we gaze,
Before us every oideu scene, In petect outline
lay;
There pever was view 30 clear. ths, seemed
90 far away!
Full many arts Of Agosy can trooble's haSds
Aud none oi them bat she viii Use upsn .
bonlesick Toy.
The old home, 1t came 70 ne, and every secos
there,
The briSS, aud cheerful morning SoaF--tso
sln'pg and prayer
The neat and tidy DooDsIno-tSe evening
banquet spread
The smiles that few from face 20 facc-the
pleasant words we said,
Tho evening ramble down the road-'twas
then the hght began
When hrst the boy within us came 10 perish
for the mani
The morning broke; and ere the dark retrcat-
I'd from the sun,
Gene .hudderng through the fresh cir, q
heavy signal-gun;
Aud co. IL was great line, when, thIoogh
tho battles cry,
We went 10 sho~' II Il must 10, bow bravely
boys could diel
II eeems so hke some brilliant dream, that
glory-psintsd day,
We turned our faces toward the hshs, Aat
marched marched away,
Bot when, tbe crimson battle done. We lay
siuid The slaln
oar blue coats trimmed ~lLh crimson blood,
our bodies stabbed with paiu,
Wb-a. with no iriepd 20 care for ne. We
stretched "a out 20 de.
Withcal covering 20 our beads, exccit he
rnarty sky.
T~aa tbel, then tbs agony Of wsr. 70 al Ia
voc we knew;
We ordered up Car h3Arts reserve snd fouxh hs
the battle thSongh
But soon the hours of saderinS their heavy
weight upbore.
Add sweet release came eIsse to ~, aud a,sow.
ed ns Hesse1's door
he spirit brave of every eitDs gave velcome
70 Ihsir band,
Old heUes smiied into oar eyes, aud grasped
ne ty the haDd.
We we're the honcred gsosn u Heaven, ths
beroes of the day.
With laurel vresths upon car trv~, ~
marched. marched await