The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-20
MARCO BOZZARIS."

,OZZARIS."
E HALLECK.
They fought. like brave men. long
and well;
They piled that ground with Mos
lem slain;
They conquered-but Bozarris fell.
Bleeding at every VEIN.
His few surviving comrades saw
His smile when rang their proud
hurrah,
And the red field was won:
Then say in death his eyelids Gloss.
Calmly. as to a nights repose.
Like flowers at set of sun.
Come TO the bridal chamber. DeathI
Come to the mothers. when she
feels.
For the first time. her hrst-born's
breath;
Come when the blessed seals
That close the pestilence are broke.
And crowded cities wall its stroke;
Come in consumption's CHASTITY form,
The earthquake shock. the ocean
storm;
Come when the heart beats high and
warm.
With banquet-song and dance and
wine
And thou art terrible; the tear,
The groanr the knel, the pail, the
bier,
And all we know, or dream, or fear
OF agony are thine.
But to the hero, when his sword
Has won the battle for the free.
Thy voice sounds like a prophets
word,
And in its hollow tones are heard
The thanks OF millions yet TO be.
Bozzaris. with the stored brave
Greece nurtured in her giory's
time,
Rest thee; there is no prouder grave.
Even in her own proud cline.
And even she who gave thee birth
VIII. by their pilgrim-eircled
hearth.
Talk Of thy doom without a sigh;
For thou art Freedoms now. and
flames
One OF the few, the immortal names.
That were not porn to die.
persuaded to speak Not less ex-
quisite than his poems were his let
ters TO ladies. In 1853 he wrote 10
a female friend who desired his
photographic was then seventy
three years old-'It is not by
great deal 3; handsome, begging
its pardon. as 4 am al present, for in
order 10 be In the fashion I have
allowed my beard 10 grow long. and
10 avoid being accused. from my
youthful appearance, OF being under
forty-five and liable 20 be drafted
into the army. I keep IL nicely
Whitewashed, so that were you 10
meet me you would mistake me for
my good friend Mr.. Bryant. the
poet, and would esteem and respect
me accordingly"
To another lady he writes on the
same subject: For my own part.
, think that the sun. since il com
menced taking nkenesses for liv-
, ing. has been more successful in his
, hats and great coats than in the
human face divine" Mrs. Rush. Of
, Philadelphia, requested him 10 send
her his autograph for a young lady.
TO which he thus pleasantly re-
sponded, in quiet allusion TO his
bachelorhood:
7 here wanted but this drop TO hIl
The wiseless poets cup OF fame;
Hurrah. There lives a lady stin
Willing TO take his name"
|, HalIeek was very happy in con-
, yersation and could be infinitely
. satirical. Even out of his limited
means he was generous to a fault.
, One of the daily journals. bitterly
commenting on the smallness OF the
: annuity left him by Mr.. Aston at
/, his death. aroused Hallecks indig-
nation. and he said: Mr.. Aston
treated me like a gentleman for
years; he remunerated me hand
, somely for my services, and now he
pays me the compliment of remem-
bering me as a friend in his will by
a trusteeship and a bequest. ] have
only feelings of gratitude"
on the proposition to erect a mon
, ument to his memory he wrote, In
1865: Our fattering and faoetious
friend, Mr.. Davis. once promised me
If / should die TO impedestal statue
OF me in some one OF our city's
triangular parks, and when I OBJ
jected for fear of taking cold with
: the park gates open. he kindly as
sured me that 1 should stand with
an umbrella over my head. Wheth-
/, er he has found a sculptor cunning
!. in carving stone umbrellas. and has
p patronized his genius, have not
: yet been told"
. The celebrated picture by barley.
S representing a group OF prominent
= American authors at Sunnyside, sur
b rounding Washington Irving. in
: duced him to write: 81 understand
= that the artist has considerably
( made me the ugliest looking fellow
G of the group. Remembering, as L
D do. the boast of the backwoodsman
4 that he had the swiftest horse, the
4 surest rife, the prettiest sister. and
= the ugliest dog in all Kentucky,
!. meaning a compliment to each. I
/. feel highly hattered in being por-
i trayed as poor Tray" who. you