. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. Whik 3on unbelted soldier bends Above this granite base,Our land shall be the home of iriends. Where peace upholds its mace,Where martial lines shall never stand With gleaming sword and gun,Until, in service of our land, We march to fight as one. Nor Puritan, nor Cavalier A home grown strife shall oer the soldiers resting here This granite shaft shall be;With all of bitterness forgot— With all of taunting done —Columbia is freedoms spot. Its sovereign states are one. Weve had our change fro
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. Whik 3on unbelted soldier bends Above this granite base,Our land shall be the home of iriends. Where peace upholds its mace,Where martial lines shall never stand With gleaming sword and gun,Until, in service of our land, We march to fight as one. Nor Puritan, nor Cavalier A home grown strife shall oer the soldiers resting here This granite shaft shall be;With all of bitterness forgot— With all of taunting done —Columbia is freedoms spot. Its sovereign states are one. Weve had our change from life to ileath. And back from death to law oi nature gave us breath And with it pride and strife:We came from earth to bloom and fruit With master} of mind;Weve held our kingdom oer the brute As gracious God designed. And still we keep the atoms place In this grand system here,We die and live again through grace Immortal in our sphere;We fall and find our rest in earth Where seeds in darkness all things fall and come to birth And seem again to die. There is no fini
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