War Poetry of the South by Various
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In haunted air.
A vow is registered in Heaven! Patriot! 'tis thine! To guard those matchless colors, given By hands divine. Jackson! thy spirit may not hear Our wail ascend; A nation gathers round thy bier, And mourns its friend. The example is thy monument, And organ tones Thy name resound, with glory blent, Prouder than thrones! And they whose loss hath been our gain, A people's cares Shall win their wounded hearts from pain, And wipe their tears. When time shall set the captives free, Now scathed by wrath, Heirs of his immortality, Bright be their path. |
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