“Ye Southern maids and ladies fair,
Of whatso’er degree,”—
Ethnogenesis: Written during the meeting of the 1st Southern Congress, at Montgomery, Feb., 1861: by Henry Timrod of S. C. (W. G. S.)
“Hath not the morning dawned with added light,
and shall not evening call another star.”—
Eulogy of the Dead: By B. F. Porter, of Alabama. (W. G. S.)
“Oh! weep not for the dead
Whose blood for freedom shed,”—
Evacuation of Manassas: By Iris. Warrenton, April 5, 1862. S. L. M., Sept. and Oct., 1862, under title of Rear Guard of Army. (E. V. M.)
“The hills were touched with sunset tints, and the sky was painted, too,