| Decoration Day May 30 |
Ashes of Roses
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| The dust & debris below |
| in all the cemeteries |
| not only in Virginia & |
| Tennessee but all through |
| the land |
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The names of the flowers.
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| lilacs |
| roses |
| early lilies |
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the colors,
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| purple & white |
| & red & yellow |
| & red— |
| —the graves— |
| Ashes of Armies |
| The Unknown ☜ |
| ? Army‑Ashes |
| The dust of each mingling |
| fused all with in the dust |
| of each—(i.e. the rebel & the Union) |
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| Are we to have a National Hy[mn by] Centennial time? |
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| Dust of the dead— |
| ashes of blue & gray, |
| —ashes of battle-pits, |
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| solemn & strange cement— |
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| not a field crop grows hence in |
| the field, of north or south |
| —Not Nor moisture of the river, nor |
| falling rain |
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