These Southerns are only in fun,”—
Burial of Brigadier General M. Jenkins: At Summerville, Whitsunday, May 15, 1864: by “C. G. P.” (Amaranth.)
“Bring blossoms from the rosy beds of May,
Bay from the woodland, myrtle from the bowers,”—
The Burial of Captain O. Jennings Wise: Killed at Roanoke Island, Feb. 8, 1862: by Accomac. (E. V. M.)
“Mournfully the bells are tolling,
And the muffled drums are rolling,”—
The Burial of Latane: By Jno. R. Thompson. S. L. M., July and August 1862. Note: The beautiful image in the including stanza is borrowed and some of the language is versified from the eloquent remarks of the Honorable R. M. T. Hunter, on the death of Ex-President Tyler. (E. V. M.)
“The combat raged not long, but ours the day,
And, through the hosts that compassed us around,”—