Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-16
TUESDAY DECEMBER, 10, 1870.

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Published by Request.
Were Glorious in the Dust.
IT'S DER, The fearful strugg'c's DER,
The bloody contest passed,
And hearts oppressed with anxious cart
Throb peacefully at last.
Those who are spar ed are with us now
Some are In heaven we trust;
But tho the victory il not ours,
"We're glorious in the DUST
Our country; our loved Southern land,
Thousands who fought and bled
For thee, for home and liberty,
Are numbered with the dead;
And DER their graves we hear the wall,
"0ur country's caGsc Is lost"
But though she sinks TO riae no more,
"She's glorious IN the dust"
Virginia grandly, proudly stands,
High on the roll Of fame.
Through many II conflict we have felt
The magic Of her name.
Her sister States they sought to shield,
And felt the fatal thrust;
She barred her bosom to the foe
"Shc's glorius in the dust"
How many fell whose names and deeds
Are unrec0rlcd here!
Save in some lonely widowed heart,
Or by the orphans tear?
Yet, these were they who swclled th
ranks
Of our brave Southern host,
Aud though no stone now marks thci
graves,
They're glorious in the dust
Jackson, the name that thrilled cacl
heart,
Beneath our sky,
Though resting in soldiers grave,
His memory cannot die;
Ger land and sea, while time rolls on,
Where meet the hostile host,
Jackson--thc watchword Of the brave
"IIc's glorious in the dust"
Long shall we mourn for those whose
lives
Were offered up in vain,
We miss them in our vacant homes,
Nor can from tears refrain.
Forever cherished in our hearts,
Their names nor deeds can rust,
And though they sleep beneath the sod,
They're glorious in the DUST
Our great, our good, our honorcd Lee,
Virginia's pride and boast
The noblcst Of the noble men,
That led our Southern host
Sublime in his Immortal fame
Our brightest human trust;
Though conquered by mighty foe,
He's GLORIOUS in the dust
And there are names we may not speak,
But yet, to all, how dear;
For them our daily prayers ascend,
May god IN mercy hear;
How have they suffered, manned for life,
Their brightest hopes how crushed,
But with n manly spirit borne
They're GLORIOUS In the dust"
Our Southern wOmen-wh0 can tell
What their affection wrought,
what words OF comfort, gems of truth,
Their loving lips have taught;
Where friends and foe, mid wounds and
death
Stood faithful to her trust
Time cannot dim her jewcled crown,
She's GLORIOUS In the dust
Europe's proud nation stood amazed,
They saw; and know and feel,
That through those fearful years were
proved
The strength Of Southern steel.
We struggled to the bitter end,
We thought our cause was just,
Though heaven dccrced an adverse fate,
We're "giorious in the dust
Bravcly We fought and bravely fell,
Nor gained the victor's crown;
still we will prove that Southern hearts
Can suffer and be strong.
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December Planets.
Providence Journal.
The month Is full Of interest for those
who follow the movements of the plan
cts. Venus holds the palm ~ the radi-
ant morning star throughout the month
and IL especially beautiful on the 10Th,
as she hangs above the slender crescent
Of the moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars
utiiI chnllnnyp the admiration of OhscrV-