Louisiana capitolian., 1881-08-13
A BEAUTIFUL POEM,

The following pathetic lines, which
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"olo soo''0u 1AiSS Lucy
nODertS, on the occasion OF decorating
the graves of Confederate soldiers at
Cave Hill Cemetery. Nav 2Sth. 1881.
Cover them over with beautiful flowers,
Deck them with garlands these brothers Of
ours,
Lying 10 silent by night and by day,
Sleeping the years Of their manhood away;
Years they had marked for the lows Of the brave.
Years they must waste in the moldering grave.
AL the bright laurels they wanted to bloom.
Fell from their hopes when thew frll to the tomb.
Give them the need thew have won in the mast
Give them the honors their future forecast,
Give them tb. chan,ets thsr ,xor N ~. .,r;so
Give them the laursls tbev Lost With l,fe
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And cov.r th.,, o,,.r ,,,,.,. -, 60.
Cover the faces that ,notionless lie
Shut from the blue Of tho glorious skv.
Faces once decked with the smiles Of tbe GAY.
Faces now n,asked with the f,own ~ aacav .'s
Ewes that looked friendship and love to your own
Lips that the thoughts of affection made kuovn
Rrows that love srnootbed in tho bour of d;strass
Cbeeks tbat have br;obteoaa, with tondor coro.s
Oh how tbev c,eamed at onr corntrv's t,rst crv
Oh /, how thev streamad when +hev bodo ,,.,,
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Cover tbe hands that ara lv;no unt;ed
Crossed on tho boaor, and iov hy +ho s;a..
Hands to you mothers in infnpcv shown z
Hands 70 vo,, fotbors c,,.roa close 70 ,,orr o,,,
Hands where Won sister wber t,ioS and die.
maved
Hung for nrotcotion and connsel and aid.
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Covsr tho gsa+ +ho+ al, ,v.orv ra .o
H,tber NV comrades wore +.nd.r,v horno
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Close hv vonr own in tia n,a hornv d.vs
Faot that have nroaeoa n ,,,a,s n,ar,,c WOW,
Roses of neasur. and a..4,,,s ,,o;.o,oa 4t.r
Swiftly tbev rnsbed m the holm of tho r;,b+
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Cover ths he,rta tbo, bove he,to, az h,rh
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Now their great souls have gone soaring above;
Bravely their blood to their country they gave,
Then in her bosom they found them grave.
Cover them over, yes, cover them over,
Parent, husband, brother and lover;
Kiss in your hearts those dead heroes of ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flowers.
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