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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Crenshaw Battery, Pegram's Battalion, Confederate States Artillery. (search)
d heart to brook the wrong, Weak words of comfort for the weak, and strong hands to help the strong. That land, the garden of thy wealth, one haggard waste appears- The ashes of her sunny homes are slaked in patriot tears; Tears for the slain who died in vain for freedom on the field; Tears, tears of bitter anguish still for those who lived to yield, The cannon of his country pealed Stuart's funeral knell, His soldiers' cheers rang in his ears as Stonewall Jackson fell, Onward o'er gallant Ashby's grave swept war's successful tide, And Southern hopes were living yet when Polk and Morgan died. But he, the leader, on whose words those captains loved to wait, The noblest, bravest, best of all, hath found a harder fate: Unscathed by shot and steel he passed o'er many a desperate field; Oh, God! that he hath lived so long, and only lived to yield. Along the war-worn, wasted ranks that loved him to the last, With saddened face and weary pace the vanquished chieftain passed, Their own h