. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . asion oi the North,and, together with the fall of Vicksburg, threw the (onfederacy upon thedefensive and >-11111 out hope t foreign intervention. The poem waswritten for the dedication of the High Water Mark Monument, July2, 1892. There was no union In the land. Though wise men labored longWith links of clay and ropes of sand To bind the right and wrong. There was no temper in the blade That once could cleave a chain;Its edge was dull with touch of trade And clofff
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . asion oi the North,and, together with the fall of Vicksburg, threw the (onfederacy upon thedefensive and >-11111 out hope t foreign intervention. The poem waswritten for the dedication of the High Water Mark Monument, July2, 1892. There was no union In the land. Though wise men labored longWith links of clay and ropes of sand To bind the right and wrong. There was no temper in the blade That once could cleave a chain;Its edge was dull with touch of trade And cloffffed with rust of gain. The sand and clay must shrink away Before the lava tide:By blows and blood and fire assay The metal must be tried. Here sledge and anvil met. and when The furnace fiercest roared,Gods undiscerning workingmen Reforged His peoples sword. Enough for them to ask and know The moments duty clear—The bayonets flashed it there below. The guns proclaimed it here: To do and dare, and die at need. But while life lasts, to fight—For right or wrong a simple creed, But simplest for the right. 20-1 tff.
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