The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-06-09
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."on Eape;s eternal camping ground
Thsis silent tents are spreaa
The bivouac Of tho dead"
Bot few readers OF the Free Press outside oi
| the Sou thern States will recognize the name
which heads this brief skstch and yet from
Maine to far-of California. in cities where the
| dead lie in countless graves and In qniet tow nj
where but few have been laid in the silent
tomb. the verse which be penned, and which
preoedee thia paragraph, has been need on
| Memorial Day" year after year, by both Fed
erals and cPfederates. in honor Of their gal
This verse, lei mistake not, has been inscrib.
ed over the "Nstional Cemetery" ut Arlington,
Virgins, opposite Weshington. and on the
In memory oEthe Union soldiers. who fell in
battle or diedtn service during the late war.
Is 10 more thar probable that It's appropriate
ness has resnised 10 ito use for similar purposes
As 'MemoRfRl Day" is near at hand, and
many oratoEs will again 'qsote this verse in
their eulogiessnpou the dead heroes, desire to
gin. IL was not written, as 10 frequently
stated. by "rebel,' nor In oommemoration of
rebel soldiers dead on the field Of battle"
as drew 9 sword on the bloody fields of Next.
90. and long before the late civil war he paid
this tribute TO the heroic deed who fell during
tu8b bhEEi3GR8A8 tH1ebElOn0 campaign, ana
who wsrea OF deeonpanIonRtn In arms
The State OF Kentucky, desiring to do honor
to her sons who. fsll in the Mexican war,
through her Legislature, provided for the
gathering up OF their remains from various
places, and their reinterment in the cemetery
at Frankfort, where sleeps q line of illustrious
dead OF other days and rnder scenes. A monu.'
ment was erected in the midat of thasa graXea1
to com m emorate The decide of vaor OF the dead
heroes who we're to rest beneath it's shade W
until "time shall be no more" This action
l1AAf g., ,-ek l-&.-~ (y~I n D Al
following touching poem. one of the most ten
der and beautiful of bis poetic prod uofioDs,
and the one from which the abo Ve named verse
has been taken:
TIE BIvoUAC OF THE DEAD
The mufasd drurs sad roll has beat
he seldiers last tattooi
That brave Az '4 ane Rlis1I fallen foW S1.A 'n 'e'
On fams's eternal camping ground
And Glory ' a1aSds S Win III sSisaG SOLEMN round
1he bivouac OF tho dead.
No rumor OF tho foes advance
Nes tToub,ed Thought q mdnight hAunts
No vision Of the morrow 9 strife
The warriors DIRE alarms,
At dawn shAll call TO arms.
Their shivered swords red with rust,
,t Their Pumsd heads ars bowed.
snow their n artal ahroud-
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains frozD each brow.
And the proud forms. By battle EAshed,
SnBuAoh AoHs
The neiRbing troop. tho fsshirg blade,
The chsSFS % the d dieadfaI S.os csnnonade,
Nor nS Wars am aaG aSls s10Is S%I are o Pa;iled
shall thrill with fierce delight
The rapture Of tho 6ght.
like tho fierce northern hurricane
That SWeeps his great plateau,
Come down the Serriod foe.
Break Ger the field bsneath,
Was Victory or death"
Full many 4 mothers breath has swept
Der AngSstuEa's plain,
Tie ravens scream or eagles sight.
AiSaS VH1 now wake Hs%i1rS saO5 soisgSin en- height
That froWned Ger that dread fray.
Sons OF the dark and bloody ground!
We must not slumber there. 4
WEere stranger steps aud tongues resOUnd
Your own proud Iand'S heroic soil
Shall be your filter graves
She elaine from war iEs richest spoil
The ashes Of her brave.
Thus meath their parent turf they rsIt
Pa. Far iroH I the the cory asIS: 49,.
The sm.. ;Pnssi3S 5d3;. q tSsiT IN native sky
And bindred eyee and hearts watch by
The heruO eepulchre
Rest on embalmed and saiuted deadI
Dear 10 tho blood you gave
6o impiogs footsteps here sha'i tread
Nor shaIl your glory be forgot
While fame Der record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
where ValOr proudly sleeps
Yon marble mlnstFel's voIcefaI stone
In doathlesS cong shall tell,
When many q vanished year hath 6oHp,
The story how you fell
Nor wreck, nor ChsaEe, nor winters blight,
Nor Time's remorseieas doom
Can dim one ray of holy light
That Rfids your glorious tomb.
RETNTERNENT OF COL o'HARA.
Col. O'Bara not only passed safely through
he perils Of the Mexican campaign, and lived 4