The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
. ri, III Z Burial Of Latane.

Isl s6 nv John r. Il Z hon pstolni = . !,
fcopied from the Odd Fellows :. o.e1 4
4 ide&with his forces yep o' W. @
II Around the enemy MADE !. y.
He carried the torch ana 1' Us, !. So =
"A IA ruin followed the raid. VI;
I,,at fourteen hundred horsemen
Went out that summer day. II ST.
one only stayed be 10 u vs. lf
But that one was La tame fe. sl8 35
We met some Federal rid d. rs j.
M Nof many. 2t but brave and stout
finder their captain, Royal
And they stayed to fight IL out out.
Gaylys we spurred to meet them. 4l5
HI And foremost in the fray 5sF
fAt head OF his squadron ridln Il
S Was the daring Latane
The strife was stern and bloody.
IN The struggle was quick and hot;
IA sudden clashing OF sabres, s55s
Z. A rattle OF pistol-shot.
One went down In the skirmlsh.
T One flour side, that day 1.
3Death5loves to strike the braYest.
And the dead was I.atane,
we rnourned the loss Of our comrade.
Though death was familiar then;
And tears fell fast as we passed HIM
But we left him In charge OF his brother,
While We rode slow away 5l {!
Our horses tramp and scabbards clank;
Were the dirge OF Latane, t
When We had gone, the foemen
Sg swooped do wn with a troop OF horse VI
To the gate OF the old plantation. q
Fl. Where3the brother had borne the corse.l
They carried a way that brother
y He was killed on other day
And forbade the priest and the service
nj TO the bod Y OF r SSL g tan
THedged by the Federal forces, q
"a While none OF ours remain FL n
Shall no 4 funeral rites be given saf
ITO the chief untimely slain
Buried without the ritual, e
The cold and pallld clay. .5e
And covered In mode unseemly
The form Of Latane
The brave among the brayest,
In a desperate cause to die,
Shall the foe ln5t sullens anger, 3{s
The honors OF death deny 7 n n
Keep back the priest with sabres,
Ye shall not win your way. sSS ~
While the kind Virginia matron
#. Is the friend OF Latane,
"A fair Virginia matron.
b Worthy the name she bore N 5ai: ST
A matron proud and stately, n
x Summoned her 3rnaidens four q
Daughters cf. Giles and Waller, a 5t
s OF Pegram and OF Paul, that day 81
Followed the shrouded figure 4l3
81 OF the gallant Latane. Isl 3a533 n
Under the oak trees shadow
Tho faithful servants bora ii
The dead and silent captain. ..s
Fl Whose sword may flash no mo re-
Bore In a sad procession, II "A i M
Down through the lea fY way Fl /.
The rude and hasty3 coffin III 4
or the lfeless Ilatane
All. there, while fearful maldens
And plying servants stood.
In yoiceless grief and solnbre.
Beneath the spreading wood
The mRtron's voice assembled
II To the heaven above, that day, 3.
In the prayer the church had given, II
For the soul Of Latane; NJ
Earth to earth, and ashes
TO ashes, and dust to dust, 3si
The body to earth, and the spirit
L no God IN an humble trust.
They heaped the dark sollt3over,
And, till the Judgment dRy, 45
They left to lie and moulder IN
The body OF Latane, S.si5l
There lie. In state. some sprses u
Beneath lofty dome, 5s
And then, With the rolltI Il drum-beat,
4 Are borne to their final home, "a
He sleeps as welisin his ISoftin Il, a
Who Is earthed In ano ther way; A 5s55,
And the angel trump Will surely wa ken