Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1916 — Brothers Again [ARTICLE]

Brothers Again

Over the new-turned sod The sons of our fathers stand, And the fierce old fight Slips out of sight In the clasp of a brother’s hand. For the old blood left a stain That the new has washed away, And the sons of those That have faced as foes Are marching together today. Oh, the roses we pluched for the blue And the lilies we twined for the gray We have bound in one And in silence beneath Slumber our heroes today. —Alfred Bigelow Paine.