Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-29
THE LOVES OF THE Ma,
] TInNS.

THE LOVES OF THE Ma,
], TIONS.
q The following beautiful Decoration
Day poem was written " VIAL Carletea,
| aud We reprint it al this appropriate
/ time + b"
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1 The Grecians loved their soldie. dead:
4 They priced the casket, though the pearl
had fled. Ill r.. >@s&
4 When he who could be dan gerous in the
j fight + =" III
4 Had proved his souls magnifceuce and
might, 800
But-his poor body vsnquished--witha q
sigh -: l4 syss
4 Had laid him down upon the sands to die,
He vaulted 'mengst the natien's IGNORED
sons
q He was the love OF all the living ones
They rallied round chief WheD kalienlows
To guard his numb flesh from one hostile
1 blow. [cry;,
I Rescue the dead!"" was then lie clarion
1 "Rescue The dead, for we ourselves mnst.
+ die!" .gssZ.s Iaone,
80 oft they made before the strife waa
! a dozen corpses uaore % rescue one. s I.
When the great agony Of mHsc1e. brain
Heart, soul. tlimuAous JOY, and frantic
pain. NJ 81 t| IS 5..s s.g$s. III
Men call i battle, had been lost and. won,
And 1t was told which side the gatlss
( were on, E IN 81 Il & I. 1. Iband
And Ger the brows of which exhausted
Proud victory should press her jewefed
hand, Ting Game
Then from the CONC uered to the Conquer
A vice that made its way like tongues
1 OF fame .tz3s "a y Jill Tbreds
And swift and chIvalrous compliance
"Giye US q truce, that we may bury oar
| dead " d. AT ffday.
Six Grecian generals came from war one
All well esteemed, for gallent nnea were
they; Isaid,
But some one, pointing grimly At them,
They on the field unburied left their
dead i. 8s55s is,s u. Il. ID. III
Then popular rage rose ID d fiery flood,
And curled shout them. and liclied up
their bleed 81 n. 4 Ihead?
Why did each one fall with discovered
Because tbs Grecians loved their. soldier
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A man came running from Tier mopyln
And said. IT'S done; they all were slain
s12. but me. l@ S@< lliSs,
Why did his fellows partans sneer and
Recoil from, him as from q lepers kiss, Il
And say, Take back yoar blood, YOU
craven drone, ss% Ttheirown" !.
And leave it where your comrades lost
It was because the unhappy mau had sped
Away from death, and left his comrades
dead ~ 4 II y.
The Grecian mother, with fearless eye.
Sent her son warward, with this mandate
@lls. high :4S,6=5.& o. .,&5.5 ,@T [hearse!
"Nov be this shield your glory or your
With it yeH earn my blessing OF my curse
Rather your eshes ffecked with sparks Of
fame. $E5 ..z1 [shamer'
Than your live bofly clad in: robes Of
Oh yes. the .Grecians loved their soldier.
Z dead! =*s.<....-... TREAD,
Whether beneath: the grass-blade's dainty
Or 'mit the funeI al pyre's majestic blaze,
They glowed wit hin the iving's envied |
s IA gael [conld be: |
Yet not like ours that Grecian love
They did not love the living as do we!
The Romans l'v ell their soldier dead,
And brightest, srandest honors DER them |
spread. ~" iron hand !
That hard, grim nation, which with fierce
Clasped by t'ae choking throat land after
T. land,
And blood of its own living freely shed,
Grew strangely tender with its warrior
T. dead, J land fame,
The past was. dragged for, deeds Of night I
To hang ii. garlands on the golden name;
Tie magic silver of some gifted tong que I
Chaplets iof praise aboYe his body flung;
And worlds fell on the living, listening ear,
The dead might well awaken but to hear.
The f1agi; that he had captured, draped in
81 DOM, #< ,s<. [tomb;@|
Before INN waved he found them at his |
Sweet flowers, the freshest beauties of a
ttlay, - .i..; .aE. '[
Madeja fair garden of the hsro's clay;
Great:monuments wrote solemnly on high |
His q DRY DER the blue page of the sky;
And ,'epitaphs. beneath the sparkling
!: name, .sss|; .=z ssl<.. = 4 fame. |
Gave 10 the 9voiceless dead tongue Of !
Who. fell with patriotic bravery, knew,
Hunlble or proud, his deeds would have
their due; s.: s Eaway,
Whoe'er with baseness threw his name |
Knew that, when fall'n, he formed the |
vnltare,s prey fdead,
Oh yes, the Romans loyed their valient
The while their living were to victory !
't9# . led! ,,-4s ~ (desire
Great ,brainy Rome you knew the intense !
OF men to live when meaner men expire;
Knew how they struggle, cen with latest /
breath 81" [of death I
To make their names o'erbridge the gulf |
Knew the last rites to one dead hero paid
Would sharpen many living warriors !
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F.newhow your victory accustomed bands !
We're waved along BY their dead com.
rades' hands! [be:
Yet not like ours that Roman love could I
They do not love the living as do we!
And does Columbia love HER dead q!
No word of praise or honor can be said,
1 Nolanguage has been given to our race,
No monument has majestysor grace,
No music, filling with weird sweets the air
No maid or matron eloqueatly fair,
Naught that can feeling to expression wed
May say how well we love our soldier
dead. gsgss o4; 49,. ; -sS...Iz
in those days when self was all above,
Men 1oYed 90 well ere they were taught |
to love, H, S5s. ISL
What deep affection may be felt and seen /
From hearts taught BY the love crowned
fss Nazarenel ERome.
The narrow Tiber creeps through {msar,ns1
The broad Potomac laves our chief
- home; E5 .54z [still,
The cascades of the Grecians murmurs
Niagara thunders Ger the Western hill.
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