Memorial Day (Decoration Day) Its Celebration, Spirit, and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse, with a Non-sectional Anthology of the Civil WarRobert Haven Schauffler Moffat, Yard, 1917 - 327 pages |
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... heart of Saman might be softened at this season . Even in China and Japan there exists an ancient festi- val in honor of the dead , known as The Feast of Lanterns . Our Memorial Day is simply a secular All Souls ' Day . Like most ...
... heart of Saman might be softened at this season . Even in China and Japan there exists an ancient festi- val in honor of the dead , known as The Feast of Lanterns . Our Memorial Day is simply a secular All Souls ' Day . Like most ...
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... hearts as well as lips . But outside the church nothing can be more unlike than the bearing of the worshipers . " In France the Jour des Morts , as it is generally known , is a decorous ... heart , sad remembrance , re - xvi INTRODUCTION.
... hearts as well as lips . But outside the church nothing can be more unlike than the bearing of the worshipers . " In France the Jour des Morts , as it is generally known , is a decorous ... heart , sad remembrance , re - xvi INTRODUCTION.
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Robert Haven Schauffler. emotions of the heart , sad remembrance , re - awakened grief , love outlasting its object . " It is true that even into the midst of this pathetic ceremony the Parisians sometimes manage to obtrude politics . On ...
Robert Haven Schauffler. emotions of the heart , sad remembrance , re - awakened grief , love outlasting its object . " It is true that even into the midst of this pathetic ceremony the Parisians sometimes manage to obtrude politics . On ...
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... hearts that droop and mourn , be comforted ! The darksome path through the abyss of pain , The final hour of travail not in vain ! 3 For freedom's morning smile Broadens across the seas from isle FOR OUR Dead I CELEBRATION AN ODE FOR ...
... hearts that droop and mourn , be comforted ! The darksome path through the abyss of pain , The final hour of travail not in vain ! 3 For freedom's morning smile Broadens across the seas from isle FOR OUR Dead I CELEBRATION AN ODE FOR ...
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... heart than aught beside- Some father , brother , husband , or some son , Who came not back or , coming , sank and died ; In him the whole sad list is glorified ! " He fell ' fore Richmond in the seven long days When battle raged from ...
... heart than aught beside- Some father , brother , husband , or some son , Who came not back or , coming , sank and died ; In him the whole sad list is glorified ! " He fell ' fore Richmond in the seven long days When battle raged from ...
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American arms army banner battle beneath blood bloom blue boys brave breath brigade brothers brow bugles Captain cheer comrades dead dear death deck DECORATION DAY deeds Dixie drums earth eyes face fathers fell field fight fire Fitz Hugh flag flowers fought FRANCIS BRET HARTE FRANCIS MILES FINCH freedom glory graves gray ground guns hand hear heard heart Heaven heroes heroic honor hundred JAMES GATES PERCIVAL land lips live look LUCY LARCOM marching through Georgia Memorial Day Mifflin nation never night North o'er patriotism PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE peace Republic rest RICHARD WATSON GILDER roar roll roses shout silent sleep smile soldiers solemn soul South Southern stand stars steel storm sword tears tell thee THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH thou thousand thunder to-day tramp Twas Union valor veterans victory voice Waldron WALT WHITMAN wave word wounded