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POEMS.
When proud Chicago writhed in flame—
The glory of our great Northwest—
From Texas, Southern sister, came
Relief surpassing all the rest;
When Pestilence o'erswept the land
And Life and Hope were almost gone,
Benevolence the distance spanned
And help went out from Galveston.
The glory of our great Northwest—
From Texas, Southern sister, came
Relief surpassing all the rest;
When Pestilence o'erswept the land
And Life and Hope were almost gone,
Benevolence the distance spanned
And help went out from Galveston.
And when we strove in battle's heat
And combated the nation's foe,
Some hearts there were that loyal beat
Along the Gulf of Mexico;
So let these memories ever live
And bind us like a golden chain,
Till by the aid that we shall give
The sufferer revives attain.
And combated the nation's foe,
Some hearts there were that loyal beat
Along the Gulf of Mexico;
So let these memories ever live
And bind us like a golden chain,
Till by the aid that we shall give
The sufferer revives attain.
"The Melancholy Days."
Are these "the melancholy days"
That poets sometimes write about
So querulous, one scarce can doubt
That some uneasy qualm, or pout
Inspired their half-complaining lays?
That poets sometimes write about
So querulous, one scarce can doubt
That some uneasy qualm, or pout
Inspired their half-complaining lays?
