Do We Weep For the Heroes That Died for Us? By Father A. J. Ryan. (Sunny.)
“Do we weep for the heroes who died for us,
Who, living, were true and tried for us,”—
Down-Trodden Maryland: Air, “Tom Bowling:” by B. [This is especially interesting because the poem, which is here of three stanzas, 1, 2 and 3, is to be found in R. B. B. 67, in its 3rd edition, expanded to 6 stanzas, 1+a+2+b+c+3, signed N. G. R. (Dr. N. G. Ridgely), dated Baltimore, March 4, 1862.] (R. B. B. 64.)
“Down-trodden, despised, see brave Maryland lie
The noblest of all States”—
Do Ye Quail? By W. Gilmore Simms. (W. G. S.)
“Do you quail but to hear, Carolinians,
The first foot-tramp of Tyranny’s minions?”—
Dreaming: By Fanny Downing. (E. V. M. ’69.)