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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The broken mug. (search)
The broken mug. by John Esten Cooke.
[The following poem, written by John Esten Cooke in the summer of 1865, on breaking the mug he had carried through the war, will be read with peculiar interest just now in view of the recent lamented death of the distinguished author, who was widely known in the literary world for the many productions of his facile pen, but who will live in the hearts of old Confederates as one who was true to his colors to the last—who, unlike the infamous G. W. Cable, John Esten Cooke in the summer of 1865, on breaking the mug he had carried through the war, will be read with peculiar interest just now in view of the recent lamented death of the distinguished author, who was widely known in the literary world for the many productions of his facile pen, but who will live in the hearts of old Confederates as one who was true to his colors to the last—who, unlike the infamous G. W. Cable, did not desert during the war, and has not deserted since:] My mug is broken, my heart is sad; What woes can fate still hold in store? The friend I cherished a thousand days Is smashed to pieces on the floor; Is shattered, and to Limbo gone; I'll see my mug no more! Relic, it was, of joyous hours, Whose golden memories still allure— When coffee made of rye we drank, And gray was all the dress we wore; When we were paid some cents a month, But never asked for more! In marches long, by day and<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Field telegrams from around Petersburg . (search)