America : our national hymn . DECORATION DAY. Newton, May 30, 1870. Strew blossoms, sweet blossoms oer every green grave,Where slumbers in glory the loyal and brave ;Let beauty and fragrance their memory bedew,The tribute unfeigned of the loving and true. The warblers of spring-time their requiem breathe,And sunbeams and shadows their catafalque wreathe,And softly they sleep in their peaceful repose,As slumbers at nightfall the dew-sprinkled rose. And memory shall treasure and keep every name —Their deeds are their record — immortal their fame;And flowers in their beauty shall hallow each bed,
America : our national hymn . DECORATION DAY. Newton, May 30, 1870. Strew blossoms, sweet blossoms oer every green grave,Where slumbers in glory the loyal and brave ;Let beauty and fragrance their memory bedew,The tribute unfeigned of the loving and true. The warblers of spring-time their requiem breathe,And sunbeams and shadows their catafalque wreathe,And softly they sleep in their peaceful repose,As slumbers at nightfall the dew-sprinkled rose. And memory shall treasure and keep every name —Their deeds are their record — immortal their fame;And flowers in their beauty shall hallow each bed,Like ivy oer ruins, lifes charm oer the dead. Oer rock, vale and river, O long may the psalmOf freedom breathe sweetly, like wind thro the palm,And blossoms, fair blossoms, bloom over each graveWhere slumbers in glory the loyal and oer rock, vale and river o long may the psalm of freedom breathe sweetly, like wind thro the palm.
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