MOTHER! IS THE BATTLE OVER?
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Mother! is the battle over? thousands have been killed they say— Is my father coming?—tell me, have the Southrons gain’d the day? Is he well, or is he wounded? Mother, do you think he’s slain? If you know, I pray you tell me—will my father come again? Mother, dear, you’re always sighing since you last the paper read— Tell me why you now are crying—why that cap is on your head? Ah! I see you cannot tell me—father’s one among the slain! Altho’ he lov’d us very dearly, he will never come again!