Ashes of Roses
Key
| Textual Feature | Appearance |
|---|---|
| Overwritten | brown with strikethrough |
| Added inline | purple with double underline |
| Uncertain | gray with wavy underline |
| Supplied from another source | turquoise with brackets |
| Metamark | |
| Long deletion | gray background with top and bottom border |
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Decoration Day
May 30.
in all the cemeteries
not only in Virginia &
Tennessee but all through
the landmingling
fusedall with
in the
dust
of each—(i.e. the rebel & the Union)
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field crop grows hence in
the field, of north or south —Not Nor moisture of the river,
nor
falling rain
[begin leaf 2 verso]May 30.
Ashes of Roses
The dust & debris below,in all the cemeteries
not only in Virginia &
Tennessee but all through
the land
The names of the flowers.
- lilacs
- roses
- early lilies
the colors,
- purple & white
-
& red& yellow - & red—
fused
of each—(i.e. the rebel & the Union)
Are we to have a National Hymn by Centennial time?
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Ashes of Roses
Dust of the dead— ashes of blue & gray, —ashes of battle-pits, solemn & strange cement— not athe field, of north or south —
falling rain
