Upon the moist sod lying he was left to bleed and die,”—

Lines: By Florence Anderson. (E. V. M.)

“They fell on the march, while Hope was bright,

Before the clouds of Disaster’s fright,”—

Lines: By Cyrille Merle, Columbia, 1863. (E. V. M., ’69.)

“‘I am the resurrection,’

Read the priest in solemn tone,”—

Lines After Defeat: By Paul H. Hayne. (S. S. from the Charleston Mercury.)

“We have suffered defeat, as the bravest may suffer;

Shall we leave unavenged our dead comrades’ gore?”—