. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . (Ulie iEnb of tit? j^irugrjb * And far from over the distance The faltering echoes comeOf the flying hlast of trumpet And the rattling roll of drum. And the grandsire speaks in a whisper: The end no man can see;But we give him to his country, to And we give our prayers The violets star the meadows, The rose-buds fringe the door,And over the grassy orchard The pink-white blossoms pour. But the grandsires chair is empty, The cottage is dark and still;Theres a nameless grave in the battle-field, And a new one under the hill. An
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . (Ulie iEnb of tit? j^irugrjb * And far from over the distance The faltering echoes comeOf the flying hlast of trumpet And the rattling roll of drum. And the grandsire speaks in a whisper: The end no man can see;But we give him to his country, to And we give our prayers The violets star the meadows, The rose-buds fringe the door,And over the grassy orchard The pink-white blossoms pour. But the grandsires chair is empty, The cottage is dark and still;Theres a nameless grave in the battle-field, And a new one under the hill. And a pallid, tearless woman By the cold hearth sits alone;And the old clock in the corner Ticks on with a steady drone. William Winter. THE CONQUERED BANNER This most popular Confederate poem was written when the newsof Lees surrender was still a fresh sorrow in the heart of its author,Father Ryan, who had served through the war as a chaplain. Sur-charged with emotion, this poem has appeared in Southern school read-ers, has been declaimed at numberless school exercises on Friday after-noons, and, framed in gilt or mahogany, hangs upon the wall in hun-dreds of homes. It is typical of the poet. He was a Catholic priest, yetso restless a spirit that he never remained long in one place. Furl that Banner, for ti
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