The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
col DER SONGS AND POEMS.
sowF ARE GRAVE AND SOME ARE
GAY.

.ir Poets Have Composed Not a
T,bat VIII Hold an important
,,,.r in English Mterature-Sa-
NAH Poets Furnish Three Such.
Dine crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, Feb. 3.
-lrprised to see a mutiated copy
:, p,varl Taylors famous poem about
-, p,f.sh soldiers in the Crimean war in
sJavs Morning News, credited to
r,.a,..r Roberts, deceased, of Nashville,
presume it should have been AL
-, poaerrs. a noted Southern editor dur
Inv die civil War. The poem, however,
mas written by Bayard Taylor, and is not
o,l, standard war poem, but one Of
~. hast of his poetical compositions. The
49, sounlat is as often quoted as that
of srv similar poem, and is real gem
81 beautv, Il is often used in obituary
ror-es Of gallant soldiers
.rrps brayest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring
r. i- however, no uncommon thing to
.o urontilated' poems circulating through
the press credited TO persons who Were
not ,5e.~ authors, and who never even
claimed to be such. Owen Merideths
posm. Whom First We Love" has been
credited to Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, and
Cen Henry r. Jackson's poem, 'fMy Wife
and Child" was often credited to Gen.
.storevalW Jackson by the press. The
t,Ha BOY That Died" and Gen Albert
piEes poem." Every Year" have suffered
In similar manner. Nor is the mutt
istor of poems confined to the hurry of
4 newspaper publications. Some very hand
some and expensive books, like West
\ Paint Tie-Tacs" are alike guilty. In tbs
"Tc-Tacs.' a IS book, Col O'Hara's
n'em IS Horribly mutiated; for example,
where Honor points the hallowed spot,
4 fl reads Honor paints" and winter
blight is changed 10 winters flight" and
So on. Gen. Jackson's poem has also
4 suffered from just such provoking errors
that ruin the sense of the line.
H The Civil War flooded the country with
war songs and poems, yet few OF them
Il will have a permanent place in the stand
ard poetry of the distant future. Charles
Ferno Hoffman's poem of the Mexican
H War. entitled Monterey" will keep for
ever green the memory of its unfortunate
author who died in an insane asylum.
I'VE were not many-we who stood
Before the iron sleet that day;
Yet many a gallant spirit would
Give half his years if but he could
Have been with us at Monterey
/ Our banners on those turrets wave,
And there our evening bugles play;
Where orange bOughs above their grave
Keep green the memory of the. brave
Who fought and fell at Monterey
We are not many-We who pressed
Beside the brave who fell that day;
But who Of us has not confessed
He'd rather share the warriors rest
Than not have been at Monterey"
The Bivouac of the Dead" another
Mexican war poem. bids fair to hold its
place al the head of the column" in the
future, as 1T now does Col Theodore
OHara, lis gifted author was brave sol
der Ia both the Mexican War and the
civil War and of him it may be SAID, in
DIS own poetic words
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the halIowed spot
Where NdiOr proudly sleeps"
While tfere are several passages in this
i3a martial poem that are often quoted
by writer's on military topics, the four
"is Didt make the poem immortal, US WEI
as us gllan, and gifted authors name,
Ie 10 be found over national cemete-
mes where Sleep the Union dead of the
Civil War:
IN Fame's eternal camping ground
aer silent tents are spread.
ara Glory guards with solemn round
Inc pvouac Of the dead"
Ali quiet on the Potomac" is a war
PEN Kept alive as much by controversial
oCe,.Horspin as any merit il may contain.
Lyiand- My Maryland" by Col. J. r.
randall and AT Arlington" by the la
ig'e- ]. r. Thompson, are, like Fathe-
tfa" stirring poem of THE Conquered
"auAs frequently quoted and also re-
n.'"lel But Father Ryan's poem,
''i'er SONGS" will outlive them all, be-
''a7 " i"1 hes tender chord in the hui
near. The world over, being a grand
Io lEe power of song over marble
md granite to perpetuate the
i ne heroic deeds Of the gallant
sis VINO die on the field of battle for
ItNl .uey love. Dixie" and "The
Flag" will always be favor
WIN '" Southern people, while The
d Banner" and Hail Co
coed America" viii remain our
r- 'seDai SONGS Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's
Fl . -e Battle Hymn Of the Repu5-
n M ''s -leient merit to keep il a stan
" , if flc in all the future of our re-
-'l country.
81 &c our MAR army the most noted song
e,. Benny Ravens ON How
p. of the class songs at West
pr "ttr y Academy have found their
e ', iNo army ana are frequently
SAIL, '' officers mess. One of these
Wen Doff the Gray and Don
ofgr graduating song of the class
Tt e midst of the Mexican War.
e-..a 4Iaduates DOTTED the cadet
r~ ne army blue" only to see
a, .rvice in Mexico. This fact
VEN tho following appropriate
Isr. lie song, the hero of Lundys
San 'nada being Gea Winfield
G,r Oid Rough and Ready" was
~ 4'y Taylor:A
'3@es are calling on Mexico's
b TO our colors prove true
steady with old Rough and
the gray nor the blue.
m. l Lundy again takes the field
Z OF mis- youth to renew;
.Ii lrSt pride to stand nv hfe