The Portland daily press., 1888-10-15
AT GETTYSBURG.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.

Stand firm, Pine Tree Sons upon you now is
The safety of the wholel Guard well the Wheat
You boys with Diamond Red and ''17o shining
there,
Laughing in face of foe Can you be brave as
To stand, though comrades none, on right or left,
To stand till succor comes? If SO it chance, to
die?
Breaks now the stormi the iron bolts of war fly
Fierce flashes CLEAN; the leaden hail pours in;
Thunder OF guns, shrieking of shell, and kissing
Death and Destruction rampant in the sulphurous
The Rebel yell, the Union cheers and face to
The bayonetl this is the hour that calls for man
hoods besti
And is the Seventeenth Maine still there9-It wa
Its colors still. though rent in shreds, defiant
Its veterans firml the earth beneath them quakes
Hearts strong, nerves tempered IN the fame of
battle, theirs;
Their true aim reaps its harvest; death and Grip
They deal to foe. But what they give they
take.
Alasi by ones and tens our noble lads go down.
Inc weeping grain wraps Its soft mantle round
the slain
And tenderly supports the wounded on its
breast.
No suc sss. yeti and thin and thinner are the
And fast the lessening store of cartridge goes
NO aid though eager thousands wait The word to
comet
But more the honor due as aid is less, in strife.
Still there, our boysl Though foiled. recoiling
-, from the shock.
The foe persistent gathers up his scattered
strength
Compact, fun four to one, determined now to gain
The held sun firmly held by sturdy boys from
Still hello as if each stalk of grain with lIfe-blood
Were precious as the living hearts this life blood
Again the YEN More whitening now the battle
Lead to the tender flesh iron TO the brittle bonel
Foes az the front, and foes who at the left and
Focus their fury here; RACES and roars the fight
mercy aiirighted flies TO Heaven; but leaves a
Bicst wall wall, where, powder gone, the bayonet
BY ones and tens and scores our best and bravest
Yet still undaunted there the restl secession's
Breaks on the Northern rocks; Disaster here ia
curbed
In mid careerl hurled back the foel the Wheat
Your. duty done, o Seventeenth here come two
10 guard this vital point thus long hours held by
The wheathelds corner at immortal Gettysburg.
Upon this spot, where these men fought, to man.
Raise high the granite shaft nor art nor treasure
spare,
10 evidence, in lasting stone, the honor due
10 tnem VINO battled thus, for love of country
And register the debt of gratitude, anew.
After the reading of the poem remarks
were m ade by Col. Bachelor, the historian
OF the Gettysburg battle, in which he highly
complimented the 18th regiment.
The monument was then turned over to
the Gettysburg Memorial Association by Col.
Moore to be cared for until such time as the
State of Maine should present the monu-
ments of the other organizations in a more
formal manner
The members of the regiment and their
friends then went to the Devils Den and
took part in the dedication of the monument
OF the Fourth Maine Regiment. In the even
ing the whole party attended banquet in
their honor at the Springs Hotel The wealth.
er throughout the day has been delightful.
Most of the party leave for Washington
Thursday evening.