The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-19

"ltn their perfume Omar KayysFra's
Eubaiyat Is recalled where he sings:
sometimes think that never blooms
SO red
The Rose a. whore some buried
Caesar bled
That every Hyacinth the Garden
wears
r'ropt in her lap from some onee
lovely Head
II IS a rule among the d.xoo,
NoraFians that there must ha no dis
tncuons i'm their cemeteries II q
therefore forbidden for any stone TO
De erected over the grave of he in
nuenual higher or coSti.~r than tha
simple SLAB that marks the grave II
ne many. Death is a great lsveller.
ana these pious people apply that
truth IN their cemeteries In this na-
iona ourying ground, where none find
place except those who offered their
ilFes on altarS Il their country II is
recognized that no difference has been
made between the great and IN.
humble except such AZ merit won in
| ilie II The grave OF the general or
The admiral can be pointed out bN A
monument telling his deeds who was
| i gave him the high place II not The
| brave followers who were proud 10
follow where ne led These stately
| trees. all part OF = mighty forest are
al q the same family. though some
MT thelr branches higher toward the
stars So with our warriors one
star differeth from another IN glory
btt their grateful countryInen hold all
IN equal remembrance This Me
| moral IS erected in honor OF the men
| OF all wars in which Americans have
| been engaged. 1t Is commemorative
alike Of the valor Of the men Of tn.
"A. who Were buried in the sacred
sou this past few weeks. Well
OF the men who won renown leading
q bloody charge in the long ago II
IS a memorial to Nalor alike OF to-
morrow as of yesterday and today
ana or the man who pearishes at his
post OF duty under the sea or in the
air. as Of other intrepid warriors great
, and small, who in forced marches and
facing canister and grape. have pre-
: served for us and our children IAN
indeStruCtlble union of indestructibie
states No matter where he fought
or where he fell, this is his memorial
his unsel1sh devotion to his country
r can never die. This memorial TO the
Nalor of Americans is erected upon
the home Of Robert r. Lee. the brave
o young soldier who fought for the Stars
and Stripes in Mexico and afterwards
i in mature manhood fought with equal
o bravery for the Stars and Bars on the
soil OF his mother state Here about
o us rise monuments TO Sheridan and
: Porter and glorious company OF
q soldiers and sailors. who happily for
US all, insured our country now and
always against division. Near by rest
;, the brave Americans who Tough,
= valiantiy and felt as Clough writes il
% PeSchirere
- :" Tis better to have fought and los
Than never to have fought at all"
- Fifty years have passed since thi
r battle Of brothers. Mutual respect
j. forgetfulneSs of passion. and eQua
Al love of America characterizes the sur
% yivors North and South 1t is tn,
I. eternal cementing Of the Republic tina
a the home Of Lee is the gburial place o
% the glorious company Of Grants in
10 vincible army and the equally BRAY
g soldiers who fought with Lee. Tha
&c they as brothers sleep here togethe
20 waiting the judgment day" recall
=, the noble scene in Henry V:
,r In which array, brave soldier, dotl
- he lie.
~ Larding the plain: and by his blood
IL side
10 Yokefellow to his honor owing
wounds,
The noble Earl of Suffolk also lies
~ Suffolk first died: and York all
"a hasgled Ger,
40 Comes to him, where in gore he la
Nv insteeped,
= And takes him by the beard. kisse
,n the gashes
-; That bloodily did yaWn upon his fac
- And cries aloud 'Tarry. dear cous
49, Suffolk
49, My soul shall keep thine company I
~ heaven
~ larry. sweet soul. for mine. then Il
- abreast,
-, :. AS in this glorious and wellfoughte
"a field
~ We kept together in our chivalry.'"
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