Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-31
i Rs.t poem oy A. I. Haviey vas read by

MEMORIAL DAT roxr.
Not to the long roll, or tn. fife's slarm.
lne soioier wakes today and springs e
Bot from the field. the forge, the ve.s
rams home.
Inc dull. msnotonoos throb Of mufasd
summons the rank and file to solemn
tFyst
wherever sleep the brave whose form,
were missed,
when, after battle, passed 10 sad re-
HE shattered columns Of " The Boys ia
Not floating free beneath q cloudles,
sky
Today the banners Of our cpontrv fv
bat draped with stble emblssDs roond
their fold.;
scarc- b " their sp,endors nov the ey-
bebolds.
10 measured step the sqlad, platoon,
brigade,
with arms reversed, slow form the sad
parade.
While sopnding trumpet and tina eIam-
For funeral honors to the dead brave
pl-ad.
Not TO the temple framed by NOR.
The solemn corteee passes through the
But TO the consecrated grove and field
Inc great procession is by column
There meath the Heavens blue. eternal
arch,
TO call moments halt in its amending
march
Aye. its unending mar,h /; for. tho the
years,
SLOW passing. leave at length, of all
whose tears
Today drop fast ON fallen comrades
Not one Who answer to the roll call
When frst, or last. the call to arms
And all the land made answer in a
shout.
VT shall the children of the men who
Their lives in hand. the while this fair
land shook
With the fiercs thunders of the undi-
vllged presence
OF treasonons malice, claim inherit.
ancs;
Not OF the honor Of the battle won
The cpuntry saved To freed ,m; not
or these great fruits Of valor; but
shall claim
A nobler b ritsoe TRAN any name
Theirs be the task, when We have
passed away,
To keep IS We this fair Memorial Day.
Comrades. a moments halt ; the baele
For the long line beside these narrow
Caps dofied, flags lowered. arms re-
vcrsed.
Here sleep our brethren who have
known TIE worst.
Brief speech, short prayer-our annual
duty done
We leave them to the rest so bravely
won.
Yet, we're our service MANNED and in
complete,
If bat with words We did these heroes
greet,
Here on each grave let rose and lily
fall,
And fir and cypress decorate the pail;
Type-finwer that blooms beneath these
kindly skies
OF love that bouraeons In our meme-
ries-
Lsvs Tor the comrads faithful unto
death;
For him We Irvine the amaranthine
wreath;
rype-pine and cypress, Of their fair
Which thro' the years untarnish'd shall
20 d.vn.
Comrades, few short years, and over
ali
Who keep this day. a sad memorial
e he shados feared Of man will
surely fall
For "a. Ms thee, remaius the funeral
pail.
Ours be the task. in chiIdhsod's plastic
TO sh"pe true knowledge Of the guer-
don blest
Won by their sires. in fierce deadly
fght,
On many field in battle for the right.
such with each day that wakes and
that wanes,
Not Iesa eur duty than our task re-
mains.
Hon. II. @. Strive, Mayor of Seattle,
was next introduced. and made the fol-
lowing
CLOSING ADDRESS:
II was beautiful conception that act
apart one day In each year to honor the
memory of our fallen heroes. 80 that our
people, ss they are borne along in the
ever flowing tide and onward current of
human existence, might pause on such
a day. and, by fitting ceremonies. pay q
Just tribute tothe s.rvices and sacrifices
Of the patriotic dead that lovely flow
ers, whose sight 81 ,ddens the heart of
m-n and women, and adorn their house
holds; which are wreathed around the
or,dle and festoon the altar, should an
this day be nd by tender aud by loving
hands upon tue sonbs of the noble men
VIII, by their lifs's hlo,d. cousecrated
our country to the genius of liberty and
the blessings Of one perpetual Union,
ami tins min2le their fragrance aud
their beauty with the tributes Of honor,
praise and affection. that ascesd this
iay all over this country In testimony
OF q nations love. reverence and grati
tude.
ID IL a beautiful trait which the Al
mighty Creator has implanted ups
human nature, which prompts a, to ter
get the errors, faults and short-comins -
of the dead, and preserves only tender
recolleetions Of their virtues and good
gu ,llties.
How immeasnvabiy Is this trait devel-
oped and intensified when We contem
plate and mourn the death Of these
who, ny the voluntary sscrifise Of their
hives. conferred upan Us ami posterit,
the blessings Of ire do ~. and With their
blood cem-nted the fragments of a
broken ceuntry.
when the p>Ie messenger lays his
hand upon life that IL accomplished
= life that has rounded the full p-riod
Of Years, which experiences AVID insDirs
ton has assigned as the limit Of humaa
dnrati IN, ne may iudeed shed iesrs Of
Affection and regret. bnt the voice OF
re- .son 10 sileuced. IL IL the riFened
fruis falling from the overloaded bol2h
The golden harvest bending TO the
sickle.
tsut when death comes early-whsn it
brushes the bloom III thai youth. aud
tr ,mples upon she strength IT that man
hood which, inspi ed bv the uobiest
impulses II patriotism, and the highest
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