Evening star., 1898-05-30
DIR. Adams Poem.

We assemble again this halIowed spot
With emotions that spring direct from the hcurt
To keep green in memory the heroes of war
Who here lie entombed from near and far
That generation after generation as time rolls on
VIII cherish the brave deeds Of father and son.
Who sprang to arms In their country's defense
With victory and the grave their sole recumpense
On this beautiful Both Of May,
Honored by the milton as Memorial day,
All nature respondent with beauty and grace,
We bring decorations TO this consec ted place
Widows and orphans with friends assemble
II muititudes from homes, not to dssemble
With garlands CT love and affection strew
That loyalty and patriotism be taught anew.
On this slope of this eastern shore
Lies Congressional Of yore,
Where our ferefath RS fought and bled
Where the .my routed and fed
Where the nations honored rest.
From their countrys service. best;
Where, in yonder corner, too,
Marks the graves Of patriots not few,
" hose love Of country was steadfast,
Whose life went ont in a blast
Are here mingled with boys in blue
As II to give to Congressional anew
An additional page to its history,
That its story with its mystery
VIII be continuous in time
Until the end Of mankind.
Cover them over With beautiful fowerS
Deck them with garlands those brothers of OURS
Lying SO silent. by night and day
Sltepirg the years of manhood away;
Years they had marked for the joys of the brave;
Years they must waste In the sloth Of the grave
AL the bright laurele chat promised to bloom
Fell to the earth whey, they went to the tomb
Give them the need they have won in the mast:
Give them the h3nors their merits forecast:
Civ. them tn ciip ipfcts they won In the strife.
Give them the la9rels they lost with their life
Cover them over-yes, cover them over
Parent and husbapd md brother and lover:
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And cover them oyer With beautiful flowers"
And thus does America lhonor her dead,
Not as Greece and Rome Of old, 1t Is said
with funeral pire. end 1ubilont shout;
That the spirit 81 waited to regions without.
To fates and gods suttess was ascribed
While herds and nocks their grim work applied
Their deeds recorded in metal and stone
To fire the ambition u Ithe youth alone
Throughout this broad Land from shore to shore
March mighty tAfopgsu and mere.
Paying tribute i2 sentimsnt. peculiarly their own;
With tokens Of beauty, from Americas soil sown,
With reverence. profoGhd and measureless:
With love end affection without excess
That the valiant sons Of sixty-one and i've
Shall keep the pages Of history alive,
With achievements unequaled in the past
That freedom and equality be planted fast
That an nations bow to their supremacy
And inherit them their final legacy
Ambition and conquest were not their goal:
| One country and flag inspired their soul
To preserve these irtact they strained every nerve
And crowned themselves with glory the advance
and reserve.
Three and thirty years have come and gone:
Memory stu fresh tho feeble in muscle and bone.
The veteran makes this snnual pilgrimage
Cenenting the ties Of comradeship with aee
| For never bond was made 20 fast
| Al that in the ranks. from frst to last
| When eternity was hut step In advance.
His valor ne'er wavered, cen tho his last chance
Then upon tho nations honored roll
| More than two million names. all told,
| Shall receive the homage that is de-
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