. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ead,that OHaras claim for immortality mustrest. It was written to commemorate thedeath of his comrades who fell in Mexico, andwas read by him upon the occasion of theirburial in the plot of ground set apart by theState for their reception in the cemetery atFrankfort. OHara now sleeps within the sameground, and may be said to have sung his ownmemorial, standing upon his unmade opening stanza of this poem, especially thesecond quatrain of it, remains unsurpassed inits own field. The nuiflled drumssadroll has beatThe soldiers last tat
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ead,that OHaras claim for immortality mustrest. It was written to commemorate thedeath of his comrades who fell in Mexico, andwas read by him upon the occasion of theirburial in the plot of ground set apart by theState for their reception in the cemetery atFrankfort. OHara now sleeps within the sameground, and may be said to have sung his ownmemorial, standing upon his unmade opening stanza of this poem, especially thesecond quatrain of it, remains unsurpassed inits own field. The nuiflled drumssadroll has beatThe soldiers last tat-too ;No more on lifes paradeshall meetThat brave and Fames eternalcamping-groundTheir silent tents arespread,But Glory guards, witlisolemn round,The bivouac of tlirdead. In my opinion noamount of tinkeringcould improve theselast four verses. Theyhave been found faultwith by some, whocontend that thereis no truth in thesimiles presented,that soldiers do notpitch their tents whenthey bivouac for thenight; but as thefirst couplet plainly. Kif fiflfBiljimflU
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