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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1886
Page
6
In Queenstown Ireland on May 15 a mother grieves for her twin sons slain by mutual blows after a heated feud. The verse laments a mother’s sorrow at losing both brave sons and asks if she can forgive and honor them as one grief-stricken family.
A quiet May day in a northern countryside leads an unnamed traveler to a lone Quaker meeting house graveyard. A girl, a boy with a flag, and a grieving mother recall Wilbur Rathbone and Willis, two brothers bound by friendship and war, ending with forgiveness and peace.
A Georgia Volunteer lies forgotten on a high mountain grave site with a simple headboard rotted away by time. The speaker reflects on the Shenandoah and Alleghenies, recognizing the sleeper as one of Stonewall Jackson's men and honoring his wartime sacrifice as a just cause.
A somber poem reflecting on fallen soldiers as their tents rest in eternal peace. It contrasts the absence of war’s noise with the quiet afterglow of heroism, noting rusted swords and banners laid to dust while funeral tears cleanse their brow. The piece ends with a signature line.
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