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Whispered strands of memory
Encircle now the head
As pain wracked torso trembles
From wounds now sorely bled
Espied the home bound family
Now ghostly vision seen
As children fade to darkness
Amid a sea of green
Remembered days of frolic
Across this furrowed brow
The lifeblood slowly ebbing
On Vicksburgs broken plough
This duty call, so now fulfilled
Soon be the widowed wife
To vent her painful anguish
Just one more shattered life
Angelic ride to Christendom
Borne on a silver cloud
Eternal transformation now
So quiet, nay yet loud
Suffer grieving family
Beyond the frozen pale
As re-united history
Cast forth such undreamt tale
Together soon in paradise
In sweet ethereal light
Souls bonded for eternity
On astral plain so bright
Ye mortal men who make the stand
Fear not the waning moon
See the glory that awaits you
In golden sceptred room
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