by Charity Chapman

Let them tell you their stories,
how they fought and died for glory.
Shall Union Colonel Williams tell you his,
how the bullet in Gettysburg almost missed,
yet took him from his wife and kids?

Shall you look, beneath a shining moon,
up on a hill and see an ivory tomb,
ascend to it and see the flowers all strewn.
Within the depths of this grand case,
lies far too many an unfamiliar face.

Wander among pines that are very tall,
and up ahead, and not far at all,
you'll spot a mansion upon a grassy knoll.
Grand columns line the front and glow,
and, here, as  history books tell us so,
Robert E. Lee and his family lived long ago.