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THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER.
Upon the battle-field he lay,
The young, the strong, the fair;
Yet light was in his glazing eye,
And brightness gather'd there,
The young, the strong, the fair;
Yet light was in his glazing eye,
And brightness gather'd there,
From pictures of his rural home
Beneath the elm-tree's shade,
The crystal brooklet leaping near,
Where his glad boyhood play'd;
Beneath the elm-tree's shade,
The crystal brooklet leaping near,
Where his glad boyhood play'd;
The blazing hearth-stone warm and gay,
For wintry evening's rest,
Brothers and sisters clustering round
Their parents, mutual blest.
For wintry evening's rest,
Brothers and sisters clustering round
Their parents, mutual blest.
He hears the baby's cradle rock,
The mother's carol deep,
The warning of the ancient clock
That told the hour for sleep—
The mother's carol deep,
The warning of the ancient clock
That told the hour for sleep—
The father's voice, as, bending o'er
The great old Bible there,
He reads its sacred words, and lifts
The Christian household prayer.
The great old Bible there,
He reads its sacred words, and lifts
The Christian household prayer.
And thus fond memories gird his soul,
Till, through the pain and strife,
And fearful gate of blood, it gains
The bliss of endless life.
Till, through the pain and strife,
And fearful gate of blood, it gains
The bliss of endless life.
L. H. Sigourney.
Hartford, Connecticut, December 9, 1863.
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MY COUNTRY.
Have faith in His unerring, sleepless care,Who rules the world, O country of my love!
And cleanse thy sins by penitence and prayer,
Striving to please that Arbiter above;
So may the morning star, with glorious ray,
Break through the gathering gloom, and gild thy future way.
L. Huntley Sigourney.
Hartford, Connecticut, February 10, 1864.
MOUNT VERNON.
A voice upon the breeze,Mount Vernon's cypress sighs,
Where, “being dead, he speaketh yet,”
Who there in honor lies—
He who on record high
Inscribed such stainless part,
The first in War, the first in Peace,
First in his Country's heart!
L. Huntley Sigourney.
Hartford, Connecticut, February 10, 1864.
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