. Sunshine and roses . THE AGED VETERAN. Aged and weary, tottering, lame, Crippled and bent with the weight of yearsAnd a nations burden of honor and fame The old man falters above the biersOf comrades passed to their last rewardFor bravery with bullet and sword. Lonely he looks with his scarry face Furrowed and blanched with the frosts of age,Weighted with solitude and a trace Of the fear of death, age cant assuage-Though oft he had mired in carnage and gore,And been lost in the tumult and battle androar. •7. Only a few more days till he— Only a few more bugle callsTill he shall answer the si
. Sunshine and roses . THE AGED VETERAN. Aged and weary, tottering, lame, Crippled and bent with the weight of yearsAnd a nations burden of honor and fame The old man falters above the biersOf comrades passed to their last rewardFor bravery with bullet and sword. Lonely he looks with his scarry face Furrowed and blanched with the frosts of age,Weighted with solitude and a trace Of the fear of death, age cant assuage-Though oft he had mired in carnage and gore,And been lost in the tumult and battle androar. •7. Only a few more days till he— Only a few more bugle callsTill he shall answer the signal and be Summoned to meet in the festal hallsAnd dine and sup in jubileeAt the eternal banquet of victory. Ah! aged veteran, hoary browed,Fretted with wars of the elements, Soon will you meet the trooper-crowdSoon will you bivouac within the tents Walled and canopied overhead With stars, and stars for your pillow and bed. Then courage, comfort, good fellowship Be to your last reclining days!List while the chalice we raise to the lip And quaff to the memory of battle-frays!Raise to the heavens your brow, storm-browned,—Ah! aged veteran, victory-crowned!
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