To the
Memory of the Loved and Lost
in the Struggle for the
UNION.
"How Sleep the
Brave" [1865]
Words by
William Collins. [1721-1759]
Music by
Carlo Bardetti. [1827-?]

Saint Louis, MO: Endres & Compton, 52 Fourth St.
Philadelphia, PA: LOUIS MEYER.
Cincinnati, OH: JOHN CHURCH JR.
[M 1640
  .B]
[Plate No.] 318--3
[Source: 1865-200000855@LoC/IHAS-CWM]

1. How sleep the brave, who sank to rest,
By all their country’s wishes bless’d;
When Spring with dewy fingers cold,
Returns to deck their hallowed mould,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod,
Than Fancy’s feet have ever trod.

2. By fairy hands their knell is rung;
By forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There Honour comes as pilgrims gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay
And Freedom shall awhile repair
To dwell a weeping hermit there.