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Summary
Verses from song A Soldier's Tear by Thomas Haynes Bayly: Upon the hill he turned, to take a last fond look; At the valley, and the village church, and the cottage by the brook. Beside that cottage porch, a girl was on her knees; she held aloft a snowy scarf, which fluttered in the breeze. She breathed a prayer for him - a prayer he could not hear; But he paused as she knelt there, and wiped away a soldier's tear.
Addressed to John A. Bunce, Mauston, Juneau County, Wisconsin; bears 3 cent stamp.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).
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Date
01/01/1861
Contributors
Gates, Jas. (James), publisher
Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 1797-1839.
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
