Memorial Day
By Fred H. Curtis, "Good Housekeeping," May 24, 1890, p. 28
Sleep in your tents of silent green,
To-day bestrewed with flowers;
Yours have the sacrifices been,
Remembrance shall be ours.
Sleep where no more the foe shall come
With crash of war and strife,
Where sound of bugle call nor drum
Can call you back to life
On other fields, 'mid black-mouthed guns
You fought, our land to save;
To-day a nation mourns her sons,
Her dead and honored brave.
Sleep now in peace your last, long sleep,
While comrades left behind,
As sentinels, the watch shall keep
That you to them resigned.
The standard you to them bequeathed,
For which you nobly died,
With flowers for you to-day is wreathed
In sadness, yet in pride;
In pride for all that you have done
Amid fierce shot and shell;
The victories so dearly won,
The fight you fought so well.
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By Fred H. Curtis, "Good Housekeeping," May 24, 1890, p. 28
Sleep in your tents of silent green,
To-day bestrewed with flowers;
Yours have the sacrifices been,
Remembrance shall be ours.
Sleep where no more the foe shall come
With crash of war and strife,
Where sound of bugle call nor drum
Can call you back to life
On other fields, 'mid black-mouthed guns
You fought, our land to save;
To-day a nation mourns her sons,
Her dead and honored brave.
Sleep now in peace your last, long sleep,
While comrades left behind,
As sentinels, the watch shall keep
That you to them resigned.
The standard you to them bequeathed,
For which you nobly died,
With flowers for you to-day is wreathed
In sadness, yet in pride;
In pride for all that you have done
Amid fierce shot and shell;
The victories so dearly won,
The fight you fought so well.
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A Floral Flirtation (Poem—1889)
A Header (?) (Poem—1883)
A Modern Love Sung in Ancient Fashion (Poem—1884)
The Autumn Woods (Poem—1888)
An Early Morning Ride (Poem—1883)
Great Grandma's Hallowe'en (Poem —1887)
In Nutting Time (Poem—1890)
Marguerite (Poem—1886)
May Day (Poem—1889)
Memorial Day (Poem—1890)
My Wheel (Poem—1883)
'Neath the Magnolias (Poem—1883)
October (Poem—1888)
On Wings of Love (Poem—1884)
Song for October (Poem—1888)
The Blue and the Grey (Poem—1887)
The Soldier's Daughter (Poem—1889)
Together (Poem—1888)
Wheelman's Song (Poem—1883)
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