Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1911-09-21
RslateTmsal Of Ashb,'.
By Col. M. Dulsney Ball. Eleventh
Virginia Cavalry.

Virginia Cavalry.
The author of the following srib-
ute to the Kuightly Ashby was a
graduate of William and Mary Col
lege. He married Miss Wright of
this city. granddaughter of DR.. CYRUS
L. Griffin. who lived in the house
occupied in early days by Judge
Cyrus Griffin. hissncester. and later
by William Writ. Attorney General
of the United States. and subse-
quen,ly BY DR.. Charles Coleman and
family. Lady Stuart whom the
Judge married was the daughter OF
tae Earl of Faaquier.
Miss Wright's father. Steven ..
Wright. of Norfolk, went to Cali
fornia during the gold fever of ls49.
Later she became the wife of Mr..
Ball who was a descendant Of the
Washington family.
After the war. Mr.. Ball was aP-
pointed by President Grant as Con
sui to Juneau. Alaska.
Make room for the solemn pageant
Give way 70 the mournful bierl
And let US lay our hero down
In our chosen sepulchrel
For we come in robes of sorrow,
Bowed with the weight of pain.
| To commit to the cold, autumnal mould
! The bones Of Ashby slain.
Not in triumphant array we come.
With martial pomp complete,
No cannon pcals the requiem grand,
For the Warriors burial meJe;
/ The arms with his glory lustrous
With the rusts Of defeat are dim.
No sabre salutes. no carbine trail,
In the hands that struck with him.
p We may not mourn our peerless one
With the victor's soothing pride.
We feel too sadly the poignant truth
In vain-in vain-he died.
And his brothers in deeds of warfare
Resign 20 gentler hand
! The solace dear Of honoring here
, The foremost Of all their band
2 But. OH there is yet = triumph
Defeat has ne'er o'erthrown.
And a pride that chivalry loves 70 boast
And thatnone may dare disown.
S The wreath of renown-he hath it,
] He hath won the victor's crown.
. Tho the cause Is dead for which he bled
And it's flag to the dust dragged down
He sleeps in the sod he has shaken Off
With the might OF a giants blow
q AS Ger it he led his squadron's fierc
= On the heels Of the flying foel
o Il is rich with the blood Of heroes
e Who for it their lives did yield.
As true and brave as Ger found gray
On the battles CORY feldi
: The lordly SUBMITS around him
q VIII cherish his mighty name,
J. And the glorious rivers that bind thei
II base.
20 Is linked with his deathless fame
=, From the crest of the grand Alleghanie
80 To where the Shenandoah flows,
81 Not a hill nor stream but IN the CLEAR
D. Ofthe glory he lent them glows Z
81 He needs no marble % tell his deeds,
j On every scene around
- In the hearts Of a noble people
His epauph is found;
Twill endure wilhelm their serried ranl
o. Virginia. mountains stand,
e Or while on earth one patriot dares
". To die for his native land
lie Here, then. on the grave of the Flow
M Of knights
Our fairest flower shall bloom,
b" Assured that ne'er had fallen knight
ue a more betting tomb.
ce Let him restin the Valley be battled fC
of In the land he loved so well,
e On the breast of the earth that ga
him birth
~ And her brightest hope lost when
10 fell
- This was taken from the Peter
-is burg. Va. Daily Express. Nov.
1880. z. II. Lively.