America : our national hymn . THE SLEEP OF THE BRAVE. May 30, 1874. Breathe balmy airs, ye fragrant flowers,Oer every silent sleepers head, Ye crystal dews and summer showers,Dress in fresh green each lowly bed. Strew loving offerings oer the brave, Their countrys joy, their countrys pride. For us their precious lives they gave,For freedoms sacred cause they died. Each cherished name its place shall hold,Like stars that gem the azure sky; Their deeds, on historys page enrolled,Are sealed for immortality. Long, where on glorys field they fell,May freedoms spotless banner wave; And fragrant trib
America : our national hymn . THE SLEEP OF THE BRAVE. May 30, 1874. Breathe balmy airs, ye fragrant flowers,Oer every silent sleepers head, Ye crystal dews and summer showers,Dress in fresh green each lowly bed. Strew loving offerings oer the brave, Their countrys joy, their countrys pride. For us their precious lives they gave,For freedoms sacred cause they died. Each cherished name its place shall hold,Like stars that gem the azure sky; Their deeds, on historys page enrolled,Are sealed for immortality. Long, where on glorys field they fell,May freedoms spotless banner wave; And fragrant tributes, grateful, tell Where live the free, where sleep the DECORATION DAY. Newton, May 30, 1870. Strew blossoms, sweet blossoms oer every green grave,Where slumbers in glory the loyal and brave ;Let beauty and fragrance their memory bedew,The tribute unfeigned of the loving and true. The warblers of spring-time their requiem breathe,And sunbeams and shadows their catafalque wreathe,And softly they sleep in their peaceful repose,As slumbers at nightfall the dew-sprinkled rose. And memory shall treasure and keep every name —Their deeds are their record — immortal their fame;And flowers in their beauty shall hallow each bed,Like ivy oer ruins, lifes charm oer the dead. Oer rock, vale and river, O long may the psalmOf freedom breathe sweetly, like wind thro the palm,And blossoms, fair blossoms, bloom over each graveWhere slumbers in glory the loyal and brave.
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