“Calm martyr of a noble cause,
Upon thy form in vain,”—
Jefferson Davis: By Mollie E. Moore. (E. V. M. from the Houston Telegraph.)
“Mercy for a fallen chief!
The angel, Peace, hath stilled the mighty storm;”—
Jefferson Davis: By Wm. Munford. Dernier Resort, Montgomery Co., Va., Jan. 22, 1866. (E. V. M.)
“For spirit ever quick
With sword or rhetoric,”—
Jefferson Davis: By A Southern Woman. (E. V. M.)
“The cell is lonely and the night