CIVIL WAR POETRY

The Union's Cannons, A Haiku By Chris

• The Union's cannons
• Booming loud in the light sky
• Destroying the ground

THE SOLDIER'S GRAVE

• Breathe not a whisper here; The place where thou dost stand is hallowed ground
• In silence gather near this upheaved mound - Around the soldier's bier.
• Here Liberty may weep, And Freedom pause in her unchecked career
• To pay the sacred tribute of a tear O'er the pale warrior's sleep.
• That arm now cold in death, But late on glory's field triumphant bore Our country's flag;

THE SOLDIER'S GRAVE

• That marble brow once bore the victor's fadeless wreath.
• Rest soldier, sweetly rest;
• Affection's gentle hand shall deck thy tomb With flowers and chaplets of unfading bloom
• Be laid upon thy breast.

AMAZING OPINIONS BY ME

• Civil war poetry is/contains:
• Saddening
• Eye-opening
• Conflicting situations
• Two sides to every story

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