. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . toB anil ^mrrtlt?arts And the roseate shadows of fading light Softly clear steal over the sweet young face, Where a womans tenderness blends to-nightWith the guileless pride of a knightly race. Her hands lie clasped in a listless way On the old Romance—which she holds on her knee—Of Tristram, the bravest of knights in the fray, .Lnd Iseult, who waits by the sounding sea. And her proud, dark eyes wear a softened look As she watches the dying embers fall:Perhaps she dreams of the knight in the book, Perhaps of the pictures that smile
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . toB anil ^mrrtlt?arts And the roseate shadows of fading light Softly clear steal over the sweet young face, Where a womans tenderness blends to-nightWith the guileless pride of a knightly race. Her hands lie clasped in a listless way On the old Romance—which she holds on her knee—Of Tristram, the bravest of knights in the fray, .Lnd Iseult, who waits by the sounding sea. And her proud, dark eyes wear a softened look As she watches the dying embers fall:Perhaps she dreams of the knight in the book, Perhaps of the pictures that smile on the wall. What fancies I wonder are thronging her brain,For her cheeks flush warm with a crimson glow! Perhaps—ah! me, how foolish and vain!But Id give my life to believe it so! Well, whether I ever march home again To offer my love and a stainless name,Or whether I die at the head of my men,— Ill be true to the end all the same. Petersburg Trenches, 1864. William Gordon McCabe. [ 132 ] K VI LYRICS. A SOLDIER GROUP IN A MOMENT FIT FOR SONG—THE 170TH NEW YORKON RESERVE PICKET DUTY
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