Green sods are all their monuments; and yet it te
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Green sods are all their monuments; and yet it tells
A nobler history than pillared piles,
Or the eternal pyramids.
Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead!
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Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead!
Laurels and roses on their graves to-day,
Lilies and laurels over them we lay,
And violets o'er each unforgotten head.
On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of
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On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!
They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nat
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They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.
These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for
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These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea.
They fell, but o'er their glorious grave
Floa
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They fell, but o'er their glorious grave
Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.
Better than honor and glory, and History's iron p
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Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen,
Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.
Their own souls rose and cried
Alarum when th
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Their own souls rose and cried
Alarum when they heard the sudden wail
Of stricken freedom and along the gale
Saw her eternal banner quivering wide.
Life hangs as nothing in the scale against dear L
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Life hangs as nothing in the scale against dear Liberty!
Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravage
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Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic.
For death is no more than a turning of us over fr
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For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
Our battle-fields, safe in the keeping
Of Nat
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Our battle-fields, safe in the keeping
Of Nature's kind, fostering care,
Are blooming, - our heroes are sleeping, -
And peace broods perennial there.
How important it is for us to recognize and celeb
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How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to p
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We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.
Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can s
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
Knights of the spirit; warriors in the cause
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Knights of the spirit; warriors in the cause
Of justice absolute 'twixt man and man.
Dead upon the field of glory,
Hero fit for song and story.
They saw their injured country's woe;
The fla
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They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.
The Flag still floats unblotted with defeat!
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The Flag still floats unblotted with defeat!
But ah the blood that keeps its ripples red,
The starry lives that keep its field alight.
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