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Lyrics of Loyalty, Arranged and Edited by F. Moore (v. 1)
Lyrics of Loyalty Arranged and Edited by F Moore - v. 1 Author:Frank Moore Volume: v. 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1864 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than ... more »a million books for free. Excerpt: SOLDIER'S MORNING SONG. 33 Go where the bending willow weeps Over the tomb where Ellsworth sleeps, And softly write The epitaph that history keeps In letters white. Quarry from clouds a shaft to tower Above the spot where sleeps the flower Of armies true, 'Till blossoms rise in sun and shower, Red, white, and blue. SOLDIER'S MORNING SONG. Erhebt euch mn der Erde. Y"E sleepers, hear the warning; Lift up your drowsy heads ! Loud snort the steeds " Good-morning !" Forsake "your grassy beds. The sun-lit steel is gleaming, Undimmed by battle's breath ; Of garlands men are dreaming, And thinking, too, of death. 84 SOLDIER'S MORNING SONii. Thou gracious God ! in kindness Look down from thy blue tent: We rushed not forth in blindness, By Thee to battle sent. O lift on high before us Thy truth's all-conquering sign : The flag of Christ floats o'er us, The fight, O Lord, is thine ! There yet shall conie a morning, -- A morning mild and bright; All good men bless its dawning, And angels hail the sight. Soon from her night of sadness This suffering land shall wake : O break, thou day of gladness! Thou day of Freedom break! Then peals from all the towers ! And peals from every breast! And peace from stormy hours, And love and joy and rest! Then songs of triumph loudly Shall swell through all the air, And we 'll remember proudly, We, too, brave blades ! were there. C. T. Brooks. AFTER THE BATTLE. 35 AFTER THE BATTLE. BY E. L. B. HE cannon's thunders ceased to swell -- The whistling shot and shrieking shell No more wit...« less