Margaret J. Preston

I. There is sorrow in Beechenbrook Cottage; the day Has been bright with the earliest glory of May;

Heard ye that thrilling word - Accent of dread - Flash like a thunderbolt,

Thank God for such a Hero! - Fearless hold His diamond character beneath the sun, And brighter scintillations, one by one,

A simple, sodded mound of earth, Without a line above it; With only daily votive flowers

APRIL 9TH, 1865. I. Unconquered captive! - close thine eye,

Grandly thou fillest the world's eye to-day, My proud Virginia! When the gage was thrown - The deadly gage of battle - thou, alone,

I. Ah! the happy Christmas times! Times we all remember; -