The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

anu among wer poems still quoted and
popular is che beautiful one, entitled
somebody's Darling" by Miss Marie La
costa of Savannah No war poem is
more touchingly beautiful in its tender
ness, ana 1t has found a warm place in
tne hearts Of mothers. sisters and sweet
hearts the world over, whose loved ones
passed away in the wards of military hos
Pltals' OF how many brave boys can II
even now be said in the Philippines and
the Transvaal-
Somebody's darling. so vounp and bravo
Wearing yet on his pale, sweet face
soon TO be hid by the dust of the grave,
Inc lingering light of his boyhood
Gen. Henry r. Jackson's war poem.
written at Camargo, Mexico, during the
mexican war, while he was colonel of the
georgia volunteer regiment, ranks among
me best Of lis class and win remain a
standard composition. Alas! how sad TO
thnk that the gifted and gallant author
OF My Wife and Child" like them, has
passed away from earthly scenes and
loves The poem closes with this fervent
invocation:
By day, by night-in joy, or Woe
By tears oppressed, or hopes beguiled,
From every danger. every foe.
Oh, God! protect my wife and child"
over in Canada the Queens soldiers
sing The Maple Leaf Forever" and The
Land of the Maple" as well as the Rrit-
lsh songs of God, Save the Queen" and
me Soldiers of the Queen" and "Pri-
waite Tommy Atkins" one Of the most
JoWal and popular military songs the
world over especially among the private
soldiers The first verse is as follows.
without the chorus:
"Oh, we take him from the citv or .be
pillow,
And we drill him and we dress him up
so neat
We teach him to uphold his manly brow,
Ana how to walk, and where to put his
feet;
1t doesn't matter who he was before.
Or what his parents fancied for his
name,
Once he's pocketed his shilling, and uni
form he's filing,
We .can him Tommy Atkins all the
same"
The Canadian soldiers favorite song
breathes very strong lover for Canada,
and yet it gives a loyal tribute to Old
England, the land of the Rose and low
ing fraternal greeting to Scotland and
Ireland, the lands where the Thistle and
the Shamrock are national emblems, as
seen in the first and last verses of the
song
In days Of yore, on Britain's shore,
Wolfe, the dauntless hero came,
And planted firm Britain's flag,
On Canadas fair domain.
Here may it wave, our boast, our pride,
And joined in love together,
The Thistle, Shamrock, Rose entwine
The Maple Leaf forever.
Chorus
The Maple Leaf. our emblem dear,
The Maple Leaf forever
God save the Queen and heaven bless,
The Maple Leaf forever.
"On merry England's far famed land
May Kind Heaven sweetly smile,
God bless Old Scotland eyermoTe,
And Ireland's Emerald isle.
Then swell the song. both loud and long,
TIL rocks and forest culver,
God save the Queen and heaven bless
The Maple Leaf foreveri'
As this is simply a hasty glance at some
military songs and poems suggested by
the publication of Bayard Taylor's poem
in the Morning News of Wednesday. il is
i'm no wise complete review, nor one that
claims any literary merit. There are other
poems and songs not mentioned that have
hold upon the public, and of those men
toned more might be said and more lib
eral extracts given and not weary the
reader Sidney Herbert.