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Henry Timrod
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“Thy skirts indeed the foe may part, Thy robe be pierced with sword and dart, They shall not touch thy noble heart, Carolina!”
Henry Timrod (1828–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Throw thy bold banner to the breeze! Front with thy ranks the threatening seas Like thine own proud armorial trees, Carolina! Fling down thy gauntlet to the Huns, And roar the challenge from thy guns; Then leave the future to thy sons, Carolina!”
Henry Timrod (1828–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An adaptation of this poem , edited by G.R. Goodwin and set to music by Anne Curtis Burgess, was adopted as the official state song of Carolina in 1911.
“And down the dunes a thousand guns lie crouched, Unseen, beside the flood — Like tigers in some Orient jungle crouched That wait and watch for blood. Meanwhile, through streets still echoing with trade, Walk grave and thoughtful men, Whose hands may one day wield the patriot's blade As lightly as the pen.”
Henry Timrod (1828–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sleep sweetly in your humble graves, Sleep, martyrs of a fallen cause; Though yet no marble column craves The pilgrim here to pause. Stoop, angels, hither from the skies! There is no holier spot of ground Than where defeated valor lies, By mourning beauty crowned!”
Henry Timrod (1828–1867) first seen 1867 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ode: Sung on the Occasion of Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C., 1867", st. 1 & 5