The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-26

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"u Mn, tae creamy Southern ,snnA A
WIN lessaininss' swee, wiiisll y
cattle 80, oer the bayou, ss
Anu ger the sandy barr,,.
~ cactus Is In bloom WIN
way up alcft the vlitura "a
ci&s IN his flight. wees nd n
days decline; 'ua mlula v
AS bare my burning foreb..
dews OF night. eau 70 " ~
ana mink on dawnipe IL.
they mean 10 me ma "oifoM ~
l am Just common ,no~.
OF my brothers. ~ IKE Mn
l have not sufficient ,a,
the works OF God ing 70 wv
My heart grows light or ~.
or woes oil others q " ~
Though try to see the s,,.
fall athwart my road 0eans nj
No' LOT me to judge nation. ~.
policy of waiting 'aoull "
seems criminally careless !,
OF past events. - ne u
And our statesman In the MI.
ana the one who went he,as heVr7
VIII answer at Gods judgment \. ~
ful negligence. W NJ
How our mighty Nation murrn..
cuban recognition ~
Was steadfastly denied 49,
butcheries went on. $50 spiae
While Weyler, Butcher" wov,..
forth from dark perditjon = s'esx
starved the wives and babes !, \,
VINO We're lighting for their ar ss'a
HOW IN mat dark November we wa, ~ I,
=. with bosoms swelling. ~ W.
we would then elect ruler a !.
the people willed, 4
And we thought we'd found Ma. Z.
would hear the people telling
or the walls of babes and mo,hs.. !.
their weeping must be stilleo
But 1T did not suit our Statesman =.
one who went before him;
they had Interior motives which !. !.
not understand. ~ 81
The walls OF butchered children -.
eyes with famine dim,
,r nv po"eF 70 move them yAnl
Mammon stayed their hand.
Then came the Maine disaster. Oh 81
that awful dawning! MI
Which told. while we were sleeping \
noble boys were slain,
oh, God, the wall of anguish from n
people, calling, calling,
For vengeance! Vengeance! yeur.,,u.
Even he could not Withstand
Now our boys have donned their trapyl,u
on land and over ocean
They are making history daily, MI
brave faces to the foe.
But we at home are weeping, thounl
through all the wild commotiua
We have not forgot our duty and We NJ
our heroes 20.
Other fathers. other mothers, u ufsl
homes now decimated,
Are anxiously awaiting and are psyiI
day by day
For God to spare their heroes but h|
news for which they've waited
To many will bring anguish which u
time will not allay
And we, the, common people, think w.
might have been ayerted
Had our statesmen done their duty, v
they were pledged to do
Just a simple recognition when Sph1i
butcheries were started,
Would have spared the lives Of enldni
and our sailor heroes. too.
When our statesmen go 10 judgment pe'ss
the throne of mercy,
60, .t,,at &c
witness over there,
There will be no chance for Mammon' -
earthly apostasy
Will be condemned OF God. and Hn Wq'l
ment's always fair.
We don't fear our Nations future, tnnH
no room for doubling
That Columbia triumphant Will Aeon
plish her great aim. -.
And free the slaves OF tyrants, our w."
bows will come home shouting !,
But we weep our fallen heroes WV"
who'll meier come home again.
Those who fall by steel and bullet en''
ing In the battles van, A.,
And the feyer's wasted victim u "
swamp and by the tran !, ,,s
Coma and visit us at twilight and II u'
unnerves Ct man. H., ,,mirli
As the specters crowd apout NM
gaunt and fever pale
Soft and long across the prairie s'''''
shadows stretch their length ui.,, "a
And the dreamy Southern twll ,,sus Z
with jessamines' SWEEP pe' rSsrs III,
Lowers gently DER the bayou Np'''
cattle come to drink, ,,,.,s N
And Ger the sandy barrens' "n''
cactus is in bloom ,..,. and Oh.
Way up aloft the vulture wnee'' :
cles in his flight, =. ..,u.,, ttl
And at my feet the katydio '''s
days decline. ,..h..a 10 ~
AS / bare my burning fOrenesu
gentle dews of night, ..,ors wi
And think on dawhlhs line
they mean TO me and in'l NJ Lsvh