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Poem
June 19, 1866
The Charleston Daily News
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
A elegy mourning the death of young soldier Percy from a battlefield wound, lying in an unmarked grave under magnolia shade in a Southern city, to be adorned by women's flowers while his distant mother grieves.
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[FOR THE DAILY NEWS.]
"Our Percy."
BY MRS. C. A. BALL.
Far from the one who loved him best,
Whose eyes are dimmed with weeping.
With a fearful wound in his youthful breast,
"Our Percy" lies calmly sleeping.
Swiftly and sure the death shaft sped;
And his slumber shall know no waking.
'Till the trump, which to life recalls the dead,
The trembling earth is shaking.
Alone he lies in Magnolia's shade,
With no marble to tell his story,
And few know the spot where our boy is laid,
Who "died on the field of glory."
Yet even his isolated grave
Shall be dressed with wreath and flower,
And our own Palmetto shall o'er him wave,
With the rose of the garden bower.
For noble woman, tender and true,
Will seek through the silent city,
And the bed of each hero with garlands strew,
And drop o'er it the tear of pity.
While the mother mourns in her distant home,
With a grief that knows no measure,
Gentle feet to his resting place will come,
Loving hands deck the grave of her treasure.
"Our Percy."
BY MRS. C. A. BALL.
Far from the one who loved him best,
Whose eyes are dimmed with weeping.
With a fearful wound in his youthful breast,
"Our Percy" lies calmly sleeping.
Swiftly and sure the death shaft sped;
And his slumber shall know no waking.
'Till the trump, which to life recalls the dead,
The trembling earth is shaking.
Alone he lies in Magnolia's shade,
With no marble to tell his story,
And few know the spot where our boy is laid,
Who "died on the field of glory."
Yet even his isolated grave
Shall be dressed with wreath and flower,
And our own Palmetto shall o'er him wave,
With the rose of the garden bower.
For noble woman, tender and true,
Will seek through the silent city,
And the bed of each hero with garlands strew,
And drop o'er it the tear of pity.
While the mother mourns in her distant home,
With a grief that knows no measure,
Gentle feet to his resting place will come,
Loving hands deck the grave of her treasure.
What sub-type of article is it?
Elegy
What themes does it cover?
Death Mourning
War Military
Patriotism
What keywords are associated?
Percy
Fallen Soldier
Battlefield Death
Lonely Grave
Mother's Grief
What entities or persons were involved?
By Mrs. C. A. Ball.
Poem Details
Title
Our Percy
Author
By Mrs. C. A. Ball.
Subject
Elegy For Fallen Soldier Percy
Form / Style
Rhymed Quatrains
Key Lines
Far From The One Who Loved Him Best,
Whose Eyes Are Dimmed With Weeping.
With A Fearful Wound In His Youthful Breast,
"Our Percy" Lies Calmly Sleeping.