The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-22
BY KArE BRowNLEE SHERWOOD.


Hail, heroes Of the bsttleI Hail, men who wore the
shield
who bore the nag to glory on many sangulne
we celebrate your victories and twine you sreener
bays,
For peace has wound her olives round the crowns
OF sterner days;
The splendor Of your conquests casts halo o'er the
land,
And the hopes OF tagging ages quicken as they won
dering stand;
Though the slogan sounds no longer and the brazen
tongues are sealed,
There is proud acclaim to shout your name. men
who wore the shield!
Of Spring,
Turning from the nesting cottage with the sturdy
| rifle swing;
From the orchards pink with blossoms to the long
and dusty way,
where the monster guns are groanng and the dead
| And the boylsh eyes are glowing and the boyIsh
And the Colonel wheels his horse to gaze, for It's
splendid sight;
And the uniforms like heavens blue with heavens
| star revealed,
| They mark the measures with their steps, the men
who wore the shield.
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| anu 'ile snow,
i'ouu ane 'ineS Vi i"So'' Se' 'ne sn'orinS
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anu WIN es llen1'eu eyes 'n0S 10 s'N'uS i'' re"si
| tnat never colles'
| for the OuinOerianus encompass ana theres death
| In Longstreets guns
oh the olhch ana ON the hoisteih burnside cheers
tHeads uncover, for you loved him; he was proud
| to lead you then!)
And as oaks defy the tempest when the stormy
| uuhps are pealed'
SO they hold their heads to heaven the men who
| wore the shield!
From Lenolr and Campbells Station, with thelr
| bare and bleeding feet,
They are falling back Knoxville In the snow and
| In the sleet
Ana the toeman plucks column as lion pluck
the fold,
And they angulsh In the prison and they perish IL
the cold;
They are fighting In the trenches with the fer
oleDurhes men,
Ana hes rlding 10 destruction While his column
oneer again.
Throusn the siege ana through the sorrow OF tn
long, contested field
They are conquerorS Triumphant the men VIII
They are batterng on Atlanta, and their boyls
races wear
All the grim determination OF the men who d
and dare;
ihey nave suareu the Dold baptlsmal, they'V
received the crimson seal
q uraNen oh each iurroWeu toreheao with the stylo
= graph OF steel;
Down the ildgeS OF hesaca on the heights OF kene
. saw
oh tne mohoh'hs vi ages they nave writ the GoQe
LAW
A"u 'ne Oei's III al INC steepies nave the gloriou
= p@ahs pealed'
wore the shield.
And at Franklin, at Franklin, in the awful lro
rain,
: Where the shocks of Hoods battaliOns break OF
n | foremost lines In twain,
a And the lurd coniiagration OF the burning cottoI
q gin
oa's' uuai ueso'A'ioh yer 'ne devastating uln'
g Ana Drother mourns q brother In the heTcest
n the fray,
II And the horse forsakes his rider and the bugl
d cease to bray;
z. | When the scales OF conflict trembIe and dIsast