Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-01
vOt. 81.
Sektted guetrp.
CLEBURNE.

How far and ast the autumn blast
Bears the dad leaves DER the ground
AS fast and far as the hand of war
Strewed oui country'S brave around
And their naraeless graves are the ocean
The forest and mountain glen,
Where the vllture screams as the angry
Are hidingthe bones of men!
And whai anguished cries
From theSouth arise
For the brave ones fallen in vain!
While the Victor North
Rings paans forth,
And exultsiin her broad domain!
AS fire supprest in Vesuvius' breast,
The latent fires of crime 4
In the human frame pulse on the same,
Till famed by the storms of time;
AS the lava-fbld swept uncontrolled,
Where PompeiPs glorieS shone,
so the wakened rage of a vandal age,
When freedom is o'erthrown!
And we'H look in tears,
Throughlong long years,
For the brightness shrouded DER, gaI
But the golden rays ~
OF her halcyon days .sl;Sssss ~
Shall retufa to the land no mofeT
Then fling the horde their base awar g
Their chief his triumphal crown;
Place vile deceit in the judgment Sc "a
Where honor is trampled down;H IS
Give paltry bribe to the hired scribe #
TO the venal bard his fee; 81 R
But him who draws in righteous M
A freeman's sword given Il E
Though his bones should bleach H
On the sea-washed beach, q M
Though his grave be the lowly ms #
His name shall chime IL III
Through the halls of time, #
And swell through the deep proff &
Ye brave en- nsasse. who fall and pa. s.
To the leaden halls OF death. M
There are palms for the few, but al2r yoa,
Not leaf from the victor's wrea
But sing of one whose glory shol
Like q meteor bright and grand,
Who gave his name to the trump0e
And his blood to generous land 6
The festive toast, 81
The soldiers boast, &
The type of martial age! M
The foe OF wrong, @
The soul Of song, M
And the light of future page!
The base grow bold for power Off
The vain through fear Of scorn
The good wax strong in their hatereng;
But he was warrior born; -.
From his eagle glance and stern tqfe
And his action, swift as though,
The rank and file from his ownfe
Their courage electric caught.
AS the whirlwind's path Sa
Shows its fiercest wrath
Through the lordliest forest piI
So the deepest wave n
Of the fallen brave
Told where Cleburne crossed tbs
On Richmond's plain his captive
Outpn m hara6 tho host no lp6 - I
And hewon his stars on the field Hs,i
Where the glorious Johnstonb
Twas his to cope while ray of'h
Humid his tiag-and then /,
Twas his to die, while that flag nisa
In the van of chivalric men
Nor Drawer host "a
Could Erin boast, III
Nor than he more gallant Kni
Since the peerless Hugh 81
Crossed the Avon dhu,
And Bagnars hosts atlight.
There were eyes afar that watchear Ear
AS it rose with the "SouthernG
There were hearts that bled wheirotrse wa
sped, Ell
And old Ireland felt your loss!
While her flowers shall blow, orTsers lioV
Through Shannon, Saur and LIE
The patriots song shall roll alons
Their winding waves for thee!f#
And they'll tell with pride
1roUT CTebsTne dieI- ->-St-~tyHse
In the land OF the 'frce and prav& )"
How his sword Of might
Was beam of light,
Though it led to an eXilc's grave.i b.
%The name of Patrick Cleburnefenant
general in the Confederate Army, whic
should not be forgotten in the militnnals G
our race. He was the hero of overtpitche
battles, and thenumber of minor actin whic
he participated is beyond precedHe wa
distinguished for decision and intity, an
almost every movement committeds Diris
ion was successful. He received ncessar
congratulations Of the Southern pand wa
several times complinented by thefederat
Congress. After the death of JACKIE got tn
sou6riquet Of the "Stonewall Of tBth,' 70
he was to the Army Of Tennessee sJackso
was to that of Virginia but most he wa
tender and generous TO the vanqrc and a
Ferguson says, "kindly Irish Of ttih." II
lies in a lonely gravein the villagCllumbi,
Tennessee, whittier he was borne stle battl
of Franklin by one ofhis officers. l0v hav
not done Justice to his memory. bstory wi
not consign his name to obliviofiding he
consideration, let the foregoing be,iet to hi
history. ['rhe above poetical gemimlly al
peared in the Dublin Nution.l