Lanterna Rally

Author: Albert F. Kercheval

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-28

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9781330873403

Excerpt from Dolores: And Other Poems Comrades, we have won the fight; Lies the Promised Land before us! Gently fall the shades of night, Softly, slowly fades the light, Starry glory gleaming o'er us. It is well! O, Comrades, sleep - Weary with the toilsome marching! Whispering zephyrs sigh and creep But a little, yet we keep Still our way 'mid deserts parching. Comrades, Brothers gone before, Weary with life's mockery hollow, Camping on the other shore, Waked from slumber nevermore. Sleep, O, sleep! - we soon shall follow! Ye lie where the gleaming snows Flash far in their chilly splendor; Ye rest where the drooping rose Bends low in its glory tender; Ye sleep in the lonely lands Where the mirages gleam and glitter In the glare of the desert sands, Where the alkali lakes are bitter - In the gloom of the solemn hush Where the canyon's dim shadows darkle; In the track of the snow-slide's rush, Where the treasure veins gleam and sparkle - Ye lie as the harvest sheaves O'er the field by the reaper gathered - Thick, thick as the autumn leaves, The breath of the frost hath withered - Where the valleys spread far and wide, By margin of brook and river; By the murmurous ocean's tide Ye slumber in peace forever! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.