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Four stormy years we saw it gleam,
A people's hope…and then refurled,
Even while its glory was the theme
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Not 'mid the lightning of the stormy fight,
Not in the rush upon the vandal foes,
Did kingly Death, with his resistless might,
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We are gathered here a feeble few
Of those who wore the gray-
The larger and the better part
Have mingled with the clay:
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Why are we forever speaking
Of the warriors of old?
Men are fighting all around us,
Full as noble, full as bold.
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First in the fight, and first in the arms
Of the white-winged angels of glory,
With the heart of the South at the feet of God,
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The Confederate Flag
Four stormy years we saw it gleam,
A people's hope…and then refurled,
Even while its glory was the theme
Of half the world.
A beacon that with streaming ray
Dazzled a struggling nation's sight-
Seeming a pillar of cloud by day,
Of fire by night.
They jeer who trembled as it hung,
Comet-like blazoning the sky-
And heroes, such as Homer sung,
Followed it to die.
It fell…but stainless as it rose,
Martyred, like Stephen, in the strife-
Passing, like him, girdled with foes,
From Death to Life.
Flame's trophy! Sanctified with tears-
Planted forever at her portal;
Folded, true: What then? Four short years
Made it immortal!
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