Rufus Dawes Inspirational Quotes (2)

For a mile up and down the open fields before us the splendid lines of the veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia swept down upon us. Their bearing was magnificent. They came forward with a rush, and how our men did yell, 'Come on, Johnny, come on!'

Yes!--still I love thee: Time, who sets His signet on my brow, And dims my sunken eye, forgets, The heart he could not bow-- Where love, that cannot perish, grows For one, Alas! that little knows How love may sometimes last Like sunshine wasting in the skies When clouds are overcast.