Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-30
DECORATION DAY, 1879.
By THOMAS 5. COLLIER.

| The COLLEEN sunlight falls aecrofs the far-oi
! Southern plains.
/ Rich with the tender veEdure horn from heaven
And TiOlets aid daisies bloom above each siiez
| Where, nee frsm battles fierce alarms. sIumbei
cur comrades trEFs-
The swift years circle o. their course it seems
since C6SsrIeston's frowning eannen sang theiI
and sweeping North and East and West the
Ard tie stern EN- answer ef he land to louder
/ echoes grew,
| The freeu-en of New E1sland rose and seizsd
The Western farmer turned away and left the
From M Isl to California a~oks the peoples
To fsbI and Gle, If il must be for country and
far night
Through quiet valleys 5 Unied clear the war
Ana soon was heard, in prompt repIy. the tramp
Ana bTeaEins fadsiy from tie clasp of pence
Brave souls rushed on where battles surge vas
CO. ned " y CTinzOa lean.
Along the rivers running deep and AMID TIE
Tao rides crash, the bvg;es call, he bas onea
Co1t.ading armies melt away BY James Eunlit
Death - rules where bearded Eraiafalds beside
antietam CLEAN
Where the Atlantic rOileEs sweep Cardinals
From many ny a frigate's oakeu siias thu great
and down dow the RoiioTs Of the deep and diz-Et
Dest6's endless siumber on their eyes. sink
oceans fallen braves.
Wstnovz that sorrow grew apsc through all the
lenSthenel DAYS.
Aud desoIste for ciiaging hearts were the fsmiI-
The cheers e15s tia. made the we.kin rig over
fields with carnage red
Had for refrain loves heart broAe moan Sos'T
the sleeping cea9'
Alb. proudIy. beat the TuIss when came The 1e#s
How saeli5d each soul IN s. npsthy for brave
deeds molly won
And even when defeat would come, and iosnen
We zneE our 55ys lad fought thsir best 20 con
gueT n the ray.
Nov silent are the forests old amid whose cool
retreats
Great armies met. and from the shore ha7s
passed the hostile fleets.
We hear no m2re tho trGmpet's 5ray OF bugle's
stirring call
Al d tIi OF dents IN Iulcr sEea he- JnS sH9F1s
hang On ire wall
we keep the names that fiGae las croznei the /
In green clad nouns all sraa5Ig arched By
purple deEths Of sky
No matter Wharo their graves may be, IN /
marked u grace4 TIl1 stone, ,.,
The libsr-y FOR - -ica they ed the Whole vide 4
land doth owl
S,rew lowers On their graves 70 day when 4
TIE sweet rem y 5raHca cf the deed within
each hes-t VIII gov,
Ana when Ne, toe, are laii a. res, beneath he
some otasF h5nds wiz ls4ve tbsic s.rz as ~ our
hom-s Jbey pass
;treE flowers upon their graTes, a still re-
member grasses grow
Alike upoa the resting place Of allen irield and
Why should We keep tbs bi.,ern 90 o. years so
when Gods far blooms have hid Eor sight the
red blood OF the slain
J'sr frow ing raurar.s. where once shcne the
sentry cleaning steel,
"a sTif: AID widely cirs.ing fight the purple
Beside the Rs9psbaO Us tide the robins wake
and where the flashing sabres clash brown,
coated sDarsows tarong.
The wealth Of beauty that faJs "a. f.om COTS |
0'trGoEIag hand
Clothes with a ITasr ct garment the feds Of |
death made q NJ.
"A the deep silo e oI the g r-h wars relies |
And tattsred IA IS hang mguou.ssz, auI dim |
with peaceful iust.
The pa : is psst; the Wild faro-s bloom where |
charging Gqua drOns met;
A1d though we keep ware IA zIaoriez ETccn' why !
not the cause forget
Aai have, while battle stairs fade yut 'aea / |
heaven pItJirg tears r.,, ~
'Es larc, enc Fl e, one brotherhood through al
--Sgnday Afternoon for Inn.