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_ Like the Pleiads dim, see the tents through the storm   Aloft by the hill side hamlet's graves, On a head stone used for a hearth stone there The water is bubbling for punch for our braves. LIKE THE PLEAD'S DIM SEE THE TENTS THROUGH THE STORM ALOFT BY THE HILLSIDE HAMLET'S GRAVES ON A HEADSTONE USED FOR A HEARTHSTONE THERE THE WATER IS BUBBLING FOR PUNCH FOR OUR BRAVES
-boy dying let go. _Dust to dust, and blood for blood-- Passion and pangs! Has Time Gone back? or is this the Age Of the world’s great Prime?_ The wagon mired and cannon dragged Have trenched their scar; the plain Tramped like the cindery beach of the damned-- A site for the city of Cain. And stumps of forests for dreary leagues Like a massacre show. The armies have lain By fires where gums and balms did burn, And the seeds of Summer’s reign. _Where are the birds and boys? Who shall go chestnutting when October returns? The nuts-- O, long ere they grow again._ They snug their huts with the chapel-pews, In court-houses stable their steeds-- Kindle their fires with indentures and bonds, And old Lord Fairfax’s parchment deeds; And Virginian gentlemen’s libraries old-- Books which only the scholar heeds-- Are flung to his kennel. It is ravage and range, And gardens are left to weeds. _Turned adrift into war Man runs wild on the plain, Like the jennets let loose On the Pampas--zebras again. STED CANTEEN AND THE DRUM WHICH THE DRUMMER BOY DYING LET GO DUST TO DUST AND BLOOD FOR BLOOD PASSION AND PANGS HAS TIME GONE BACK OR IS THIS THE AGE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT PRIME THE WAGON MIRED AND CANNON DRAGGED HAVE TRENCHED THEIR SCAR THE PLAIN TRAMPED LIKE THE SINDERY BEACH OF THE DAMNED A SIGHT OF THE CITY OF CAIN AND STUMPS OF FORESTS FOR DREARY LEAGUES LIKE A MASSACRE SHOW THE ARMIES HAVE LAIN BY FIRES WHERE GUMS AND BALMS DID BURN IN THE SEEDS OF SUMMER'S RAIN WHERE ARE THE BIRDS AND BOYS WHO SHALL GO CHESTNUTTING WHEN OCTOBER RETURNS THE NUTS OH LONG ERE THEY GROW AGAIN THEY SNUG THEIR HUTS WITH THE CHAPEL PEWS IN COURT HOUSES STABLE THEIR STEEDS KINDLE THEIR FIRES WITH INDENTURES AND BONDS IN OLD LORD FAIRFAX'S PARCHMENT DEEDS AND VIRGINIAN GENTLEMAN'S LIBRARIES OLD BOOKS WHICH ONLY THE SCHOLAR HEEDS ARE FLUNG TO HIS KENNEL IT IS RAVAGE AND RANGE AND GARDENS ARE LEFT TO WEEDS TURNED ADRIFT INTO WAR MAN RUNS WILD ON THE PLAIN LIKE THE JANETS LET LOOSE ON THE PAMPAS CEBRIS AGAIN
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