The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-06-25
Twilight at Hollywood.

To-lay our msldcns gathered here o. sirew
The carly 1owcrs upon ihe soldiers graves,
To- tbtir .~eei custom and 90 early morn
y fher they cufne vIfh blossoms, buds. and leaves
and earnest laces faliyr than thc dowrrs-
No grave ha. le7n forEp'teu-ail Irr dressed.
The simple -uidler from lhc distant state
ls loved .nd Eollur.fl. though perclauce unknown.
and wherr ht sicrus is teaufifUi WIN bloom.
one STAYED = little. when the rest Ferr gone.
Beside "a grave. Qulis ln0nunir-s she 5tnod
Until lIr I4Uis grew Giln. Lien iaf7leq away,
And twilight gathers over Hollywood
The suu guc. down iehiud "a bank gf cloud
And QasDes a.l tbe stormy IS esi viii blood,
40 dies lCro in "a broken cansc
when. pouring om his wasted lie De leaves
The land he loved o. darkness and dc,eai.
Flr down below hear the river rs-u.
And landing Iu rIls city NJ tne dead
The voice of yvnfer. stenlr a human crv
Thai riae. from the breadth ~ 81 tle land
or sllyerrd neslgIllssones and o. broken neart.-
The citv. growing -0mhre ln ne dusk.
Was 10 with sIleu4ur forty months lgnne.
M Mheu aI Jur Desi ana ufi' csi gathered ;Acre.
a latI.n'- fDrfre.- and ner capital
Tle long stree. 'rrfniilod with the tramp - men,
And r-ur Nltn shouting lDd ws.h martial strains
And gp tle eiariug '1ver came tle boom
Of mighty gun- t.iti neid neet ai Iar;
Buf sorrow came ll'ol nef. ana defeat,
she sank lu ashes and peuple'- hope
-aus with beer. AND Der ripr, pl.sed away.
Her arHs were HVcrtilrrwu. her tag was torn.
Her elli .ireu Icut fhe.r beads b,Irath uie woke
lu bitter silence. and uer cAD.s'u CHEF
VI N4- frftered ln ine fortress 1r thc sel-
% rapid river with me ml ghty voice.
hafc llroulh fhy Hnils und wt1Ir away the rocks
EVen as people Nears away tiie ne;lrt
ln thinking 1i licir giurv aud fheir laiL
But %, the spirii of the hrsi campaigns,
%. Ia.s ~ .ife and motion
Prom RIO i1r.indc tD the Chesapeake
They .-nLlefed sweeping Jnypus tu fue hglt.
The Wild yell rising from fbe uliupiing charge
Tore through tle ragged riits ~ natte-smokc
And rose above IA, thunder Of M guns.
md Ia 4 grf..f wave
That sirlErs u blow aud leaves = wreck behind.
They swept along . living surge - strength
~ ifn tempest voice and crest ~ buyODct-
4 od smiled "a frsf then turned nis face aside.
And hope. tiai gitiercl ~ a sumhl sword.
u a- qucuched ~ gloom And st!ll lasy smoJe lAc
To-
That rose gith strength renewed from each defeat
Till. broken by Le.r ficiOrirs- thry ieil.
Forever thin and thinner grew he ranks,
The wearv march. Toe hungry piVouac.
The scaufy blanket. wei with driving sleet-
The sleepisss outpost. listsessncss of camp.
The longing ior loved ones at home-al these
fT more tluu wasfinE tuttlr. wasted them
luul tleiT sfrrlgtii was spemt-nUw low ther llt-
and never more gpDn virginia hihs
shall thrill -hs onset 90 'he southern mes,
The men that bore tIc naf pnri ana blade
shall bear lBsm now no norr;
Bat oh a. think bow hriglt ana a"til ucy Ntrff
And now how cold ana atlli
d rr,.hing river. chou af least arr fre
And ff o. sing soldiers requiem.
Dsrl,-toncd and ir~muiunt-thc Urge ~ men
That once we're tsmtle-s as ny vinlcf Hood
When once agfiu ~ stand erect ana re
AND w. may write a truthful epitaph-
4 nation mierfng lfs grief 'n stone
shall uile alufl q stately monument
Euf tlial fhelr fuElr las need ~ scuiptured uru.
For Lbey have lived such lives and wrought such
deed
A. vrrsI ssory cannot lie away:
nm then allail scattered rpsrs deck their graYcs
And woman tear shall be- their epitapn.
ID. river. though fhcv moulder ln ice dusk
Lei them not perish from puT 1es.ri--sleaE on
and dIl us with fhy rushing energy
That as the gathered freshrls oi tile snrlng
Burst upward through tbc ahackles IS The ice
~ We "a last may dast our feiiers 81
For uulli rleu rhes. men have dled Ia fAin-