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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 139 (search)
44. the nineteenth of April, 1861. This year, till late in April, the snow fell thick and light; Thy flag of peace, dear Nature, in clinging drifts of white Hung over field and city :--now everywhere is seen, In place of that white quietness, a sudden glow of green. The verdure climbs the Common, beneath the ancient trees, To where the glorious Stars and Stripes are floating on the breeze, There, suddenly as Spring awoke from Winter's snow-draped gloom, The Passion Flower of Seventy-six is bursting into bloom. Dear is the time of roses, when earth to joy is wed, And garden-plat and meadow wear one generous flush of red; But now in dearer beauty, to Freedom's colors true, Blooms the old town of Boston in red and white and blue. Along the whole awakening North are those true colors spread; A summer noon of patriotism is burning overhead. No party badges flaunting now,--no word of clique or clan: But “Up for God and Union!” is the shout of every man. Oh, peace is dear to Norther
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 143 (search)
48. the two Eras. April 19th, 1775, and April 19th, 1861. The Bay State bled at Lexington, But every drop that ran, By transmutation strange and strong, Sprung up an armed man:-- Sprung up, indomitably firm, And multiplied and spread, Till Freedom's amaranthine crown Enwreath'd our country's head. Yet, when the born of Lexington, Who kept their natal day, Were writing fourscore years and six Upon their annals gray, The Bay State bled at Baltimore,-- Wherefore, I may not speak; For sad and tender memories rush From heart to moisten'd cheek. And sighs of buried fathers break The cold, sepulchral bed, And hideous harpies clap their wings When brothers' blood is shed: And stars that in their courses sang, Their constellations shroud, And wind-borne echoes cry forbear! From yonder cloven cloud: While contrite souls from holy church And shaded hearth-stone pray, That He who rules above the skies, Would turn his wrath away, And rule the spirit that of old The Shepherd Abel slew,
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 194 (search)
heart, oh, let us have!” We are cast down, to see you go, With patriot souls, and eyes aglow With valor's light, to meet the foe-- A foe we called, but yesterday, Brother and friend; and now we say, “Alas, for love he spurned away!” We know you brave — ye will not quail; We do not fear your swords will fail; Yet for all this, our lips grow pale With parting words, that say, “Come back, By God's dear grace, on Victory's track!” But then, our brothers fall, alack! Yet go! ye bear no wanton brand; Honor's bright hilt in every hand; Go! for our Flag undaunted stand. That dear old Flag, spangled with stars-- Go, keep it full; 'tis worth some wars, To save its crest from Treason's scars. No upstart flag the land shall own, Where the old stars have proudly shone, Till Hope, Truth, Valor, all are gone. Brave hearts, farewell! bright eyes will weep To night, quick tears that hinder sleep-- Weeping for you, whom angels keep! April 19, 1861. W. C. R. --Providence Eve
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 240 (search)
Remarkable Coincidence — was it accident?--It has already been noticed, that the attack upon the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment at Baltimore, occurred on the anniversary of the battle of Lexington--the one being on April 19th, 1861, and the other on April 19th, 1775, just 86 years previous. This fact was remarkable, but not as much as another in the same connection. It appears from a Boston letter in the New York World, that that Regiment was all from Middlesex County, which embraces the battle-fields of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill. One or two of the companies are entirely composed of the lineal descendants of the patriots who were in the Concord fight. The gallant Sixth was first sent forward because it first reported itself at Headquarters with fullest ranks. Col. Jones received his orders at Lowell on Monday night at 11 o'clock, in the midst of a driving northeast storm. He mounted his horse, and rode all night through the scattered towns in which his companies wer
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 369 (search)
Historical Parallels.--The first collision of our fathers with the British after the battle of Lexington, and the first decided military success of the war, was the capture of Forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and a British armed vessel on Lake Champlain, which was achieved on the 10th of May following by the Vermont hero, Col. Ethan Allen, at the head of a force of Green Mountain Boys. Massachusetts has matched the 19th of April, 1775, with the 19th of April, 1861; so Vermont now matched the 10th of May, 1775, with the 10th of May, 1841, for on that day, Capt. Lyon, a Vermonter, and U. S. commanding officer at St. Louis, surrounds the rebel camp threatening that city, and captures 800 men in arms. Lyon's exploit, like Allen's, was done mostly on his own responsibility, and without direct orders. Allen, when asked by the British commandant at Ticonderoga his authority for demanding its surrender, could only reply, By the authority of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congr