Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-06
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An item IN Northern paper says 1T Y
about time for the Southern people t., quit thl
yrave.lecolation, monument building, etc
An htDdte,l nations gave their blood d.
10 feed those healthful springs, a.,
Which bear the seed Of jacques BonIlomnl
W With that Of Bourbon kings;s,i 4iii 81
OF Danish pluck and sailor craft 10 sioj
OF Huguenotic will.
OF Norman grace and chivalry, - S4''' & =
And Gernan's steady skill. lds e,4f, 1tlt
And cen the fires that belched forth
From Monltrie's angry guns 3ili h.il'iHe
Was but the protest hot of men, ,,s,.,a
Whose sires were rebel sons.
They showed the spirit still lidliv ~ 90
That defiance at tyrants hurled.
That fred the shot at Bunker Hill,
That echoed round the wofil,,l ~ bgt
Why, then, ask IT'S to forget,
2 Our flames, our shrines, or dead = ''aE
Our comrades that feared naught to 60. Ira
Where lordiy leaders led
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Forget our Sydney Johnston grand,
70 Or jackson, noble palladinao 6lihi9ati>
Or other leaders Of that land ~, a,a,,.t
That sprang from land Of Aladdin,
Forget the men who foot to foot, II iiiH
With us did nobly stand
For land and life, for child and wife, - =
With naked steel in hand '3aG IHu1 81
Forget the men, whose life.blood red,
Dyed Shiloh bloody plain, 3i''.i I "
!, Or those who found soldiers grave ~. Il
Midst Chicamauga's slain
Forget that awful, woeful hight. '''''ii'tt
bIi When thro thu, Southland flying $50 /
Came word unto our stricken land
% That Robert Lee lay dying I, 20 ~ q
When fiom hill and dale went up the wall,
OF "Domi,is uobiS cum" I.,ssl.a. j.
Think you our anguish was less deep
$50 Because o,,r WOE WAS dumb !itl al|
When war.made widow to her breast
Drew close her orphaned son,
With head bowed low, in solrpw walled,
"Oh, God! Thy will be done!", @
When stricken Southland dryicye,l moailed
MIDST boom of minute guD .e,g..
''Oh Father! must we die again
Oh spare my frst.born son. ~ avs PHI
Then speak not lightly Of orr dead, =,
No soldier insult hurIs
at fallen foe; and until beats, q f,iiai
Amidst the crash of worlds, TX
That last, grand, awful reveille,
When, as the Bible reads, iena If
Man shall before the throne of God,
Make answer for his deeds ~ @'is ''
Shall Soutliion born forget the ohes
Who once did nobly stand,
For land and life, forchild and wife tlsi
With naked steel in hand! 4..,s.,I
Now that the battle smoke has raised,
That rested as a pail u lHi g5#ibAi
Upon our land; we now can see i.
Gods finger in it all
Tho old world despots STOOL amazed, u
They learned the lesson taught,
mo weak limbed giants sure were these
As had been always thought. g. 4gii3
Bnt WHEN they fought for principle, ia
Would fight till latest BREATH
When once their swords from scabbardst draw
They'd fight unto the death. Z, i..t,I5. 4.
And with the selfsame spirit that
Defiance at tyrants hurled, i'tl
And fired the shot at Bunker Hill .a
That echoed round the world,
Our children yet from common book 'tft
Will read Of valor done,
BY Sheridan in the valley, adm an
Or jackson at Bull Run.
Then speak not lightly of our dead, -
d No soldier insult hurls ts rHt't s
AT fallen foe and until beats -. I,g.If.U
Amidst the crash of worlds,
That last, grand, awful revcille,
When, as the Biblefeads, infN "a ~
Man shall befOretii throne Of God, t'
Make answer for his deeds; N -
Shall Southron born forget the Ones
. Who once did nobly stand, y II "' ta'
/, For land and life, for child and wife, nl
With naked sword in hand IA
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We to our dead will homage pay,
And SO the same will you, W. ''
Here's brothers. hand from boys in gray
10 brave boys in the blue! 4,i, ~ #rutt
JACK HOMESpUS