The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-11-01
"CovER THEM OVER.


Dying SO silent. bynight and by day, -~'-
Sleeping the years Of their manhood away,
Years they had marked for the Joys of the brave
Years they must waste in the mouldering grave,
All the bright laurels they waited to bloom,
Fell frOmsthe hopes when they fell to the tomb
Give them the need they have won in the past,
Give them the honors their future forecaste;
Give them the chaplets they won in the strife,
Give them the laurels they lost with their life.
Cover them over-yes, cover them over
Parent. husband brother and lover!
Crown in your hearts those dead heroes of ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flowers.
Cover the faces that motionless lie,
Shut from the light the glorious sky,
Faces once decked with the smiles of the gay,
Faces now marked with the frown of decay;
Eyes that looked friendship and love to your own.
Lips that the thoughts Of affection made known,
Brows you have soothed in the hour of distress,
Cheeks you have frightened by tender caress,
Oh! how they CLEANED at the nations first cry
Oh !! how they streamed when they bade you
good bye!
Oh! how they CLEANED in the battles fierce
fame! ~
Oh! how they palh when the death angel came!
Cover them over, oh cover them over,
Parent, husband, brother and lover,
Kiss in your hearts these dead heroes of ours,
Aud cover them over with the beautiful flowers
Cover their hands that are lying united,
Crossed on the bosoms and low by the side,
Hands to you, mother. in infancy shown,
Hands to you, father, clasped close to your own
Hands, where you, sister, when tired and dis
mayed,
Hung for protection. and counsel and aid
Hands that you, brother, in loyalty knew,
Hands that you. wife, wrnng in bitter adieu.
Bravely the musket and sabre they bore,
Words of affection they wrote in their gore:
Grancly they grasped for q garland of light
Catching the mantle Of death-f1arkened night.
Cover them over, oh, cover them over,
Parent, husband, and brother and lover;
Crown in your hearts those heroes Of ours,
And cover them over with beautiful lowers
Cover the feet, that all weary and torn,
Hither BY comrades were tenderly borne,
Feet that have trodden the 6owery ways
Close BY your own in the old happy days )
Feet that have pressed in lifes opening morn s
Roses of pleasure and deaths poisoned thorn,
Swiftly they rushed to tae help Of the right,
Firmly they stood in the shock cf the 6ght,
Ne'er shall the enemy's hnrryiag tramp
Summon them forth from their death guarded
camp.
Ne'er till the bugle of Gabriel sound,
Will they come out OF their couch in the ground
Cover them over, yes, cover them over,
Rough were the paths Of those heroes Of ours
Now cover them over with beautiful flowers.
Cover the hearts that have beaten 60 high,
Beaten with hopes that we're doomed but 10 die
Hearts that have bnraed in the heat Of the fray,
Hearts that have yearncd for the homes far
away,
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Hearts that fell low in the prisons foul damp,
Once they were swelling With courage and will !;
Now they are lying all puiseless and still.
Once they we're glowing with friendship and
love;
Now their great souls have gone soaring above.
Bravely their blood to the nation they gave
Then in their bosom they found them grave.
Cover them over, yes, cover them over,
Parent and husband, brother and lover,
Kiss in your hearts those dead heroes Of ours,
Aud cover them over with beautiful flowers.
Cover the thousands who sleep far away,
Sleep where the friends cannot lind them to-day,
They who in mouataitf aud hillside and dell
Rest where they wearied and lie where they Tell.
Softly the grass blades creep round their rep ose,
Sweetly above them the wild flower blows.
Zepbyrs of freedom fly gently o'erhead,
Whispering prayers for the patriot dead,
So 10 our mind we'll name them once more,
So in our hearts we'll cover them DER,
Roses and lilies and violets blue,
Bloom in our souls for the brave and the true.
Cover them over, yes. cover them over,
Parent. husband. brother and lover =
Think OF those far away heroes of ours,
Aud cover them over with beautiful flowers.
When the long years have rolled slowly away,
Fen TO the dawn Of earth's funeral day,
When at the archangel's 3 trumpet and tread
Rise up the faces and forms Of the dead,
When the great work its last Judgment awaits,
When the blue sky shall swing open it's gates.
Aud our long column march silently thro',
Past tbe Great Captain for final review,
Then from the blood that has flowed for the
right,
Crowns SHAH spring upward, an.arnisbed and
bright;
Then the glad ears Of each martyred son,
Proudly shall hear the good tidings .swell done !;
Blessings for garlands shall eover them over 2
Parent and husband and brother and lover,
God will reward those dead heroes Of ours.
And cover them over with beautiful flowers. 81
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Ds. Lilienlhal recently etepped into 4
during recitation in geogra.
ply, md was invited by the teacher to
s4k the class 4 few questions. He
courtsouslv complied. .'What il The
capital Of Pennsylvania r. II st,i>burgh. 2
..Nhst j. the largest city ii pennsyI-
vania r "Philndelphia.''' What building
is there in Philadelphia that is dear 10
the heart Of every patriotic american