The daily banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-18

Bade sorrowing thousands eye the EN-
purppd field
Where slaughter rag d, in various form,
reveal'd,
Where countless warriors left their part
ing breath,
And many hero swell'd the tide OF
death.
We make a solemn pause to mourn those
|, dead
Whose fame shall live till grateful hearts
are fed;
Who, to defend an iniur'd, bleeding
land,
Dar'd bleed themselves at heav'n's Sc
we're command.
We mourn their fall, yet joy they once
were here,
To show their country what they held
most dear.
Heroes thus brayely falling we deplore,
Yet hail them welcome to the immortal
shorel
Here blameless envy might with justice
cry, A
"oh! could virtuous live, and like
them die.'
Each matron, too, with ancient Sparta S
dame,
Whose son for freedom bled, might thus
exclaim:
For this birth to that young warrior
gave,
That he by falling might country save.
Yet such rough firmness we but seldom
find,
And tenderness adorns the female mind.
| One sympathetic tear we now impart
To sooth the parents and the orphans
heart,
Console the widow and tn afflicted
Whose dearest bliss beneath the dust is
For you who wall tender offspring
dead,
Whose sons for freedom fought and no
bly, bled,
You, whose companions met the fatal
spear,
We greatly mourn and drop the friendly
tear
For you, fair virgins, who in beauty's
bloom
Fade into grief and wear saddening
gloom,
In secret languish and your pains ap-
prove,
Melt in distress and mourn your hapless
love.
We feel, we feel for you the tenderest
pain,
And floods of softness rush through
every veinl
But stop! too fast these piercing sor-
rows roll. s.fl
And spread gloom DER every feeling
soul.
Now led by fancy, burst the films of
To future scenes extend the pleasing
sight,
Survey the paths your unborn sons shall
tread
When you're forgot and theirs, when
you are dead,
When Aibion's less'R'd host shall disap-
Icaf, tta ftl
When the fair olive shall her branch ex-
tend,
And long lost peace again from heaven
When fleets for traffic skim along the
tide,
Heave to our shores, or in safe harbors
ride,
Where with soft smiling commerce they
lmpart
Th' ensnaring vices of each distant
Invade our shores and spread a moral
death,
Where pamp'r'd lux'ries with malignant
breath
Internal sweetness and domestic ease
Here fix their gentle reign and spread
the charms of peace.
No tryanu here shall dare erect his
throne,
No gripping landlord wake tn oppressed's
groan,
No cringing minion be for flatt'ry fed,
No mental slave naughty master dread,
No hateful monster supplicate defense
Who boasts his spoils of artless lnno-
cence,
But injur'd d virtue sinking in distress
Flv here for safety and obtain redress.
No Earring feuds revive the martial flame,
Or war be known but as transient
name,
No tender matron feels the pangs OF fear,
Or melting virgin drop the parting tear,
No mourning consort OF her tate COM
plain,
Or ljsping infant weep parent slain,
But gentle friendship spread her balmy
wing
While music softens from the trembling
string,
Each youth excel in every noble art,
Taste the pure blessings of an honest
heart,
Disdain the follies of a vicious age.
And spurn deceit and meaness from the
stage,
Nor dare permit the pOlish'd tongue to
speak
What wakes a blush on virtues modest
cheek,
Or Weld assistance with malicious Joy
To blast the fair and innocence destroy,
But taught by heaven their generous
aid extend,
Protect the helpless and the weak de-
fend.
Nor these alone tn enrapturd tho'ts in
But fairer charms the glowing bosom
The heaven-born sweetness and an angel
mind,
With beauty's soft excess to sweetness
Joined,
BY wisdom taught the just distinction
know
'Twixt worthy merit and the huttring
beau,
They scorn those vulgar arts that fools
pursue,
And stem the tide of custom to be true.
There conscious virtue holds her gentle
reign,
And knows no fear but that OF causing
pain.
To these blest scenes our fondest hopes
extend,
When discord fits and hated faction
end
Long peaceful years in calm succession
roll,
And love of wisdom animates the wholei
Art and refinement wake and spread
their charms,
| The youth in letters shine as now IN
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