"Stonewall" Jackson.--A Dirge.

Go to thy rest, great chieftain! In the zenith of thy fame; With the proud heart stilled and frozen, No foeman e'er could tame; With the eye that met the battle As the eagle's meets the sun, Rayless-beneath its marble lid, Repose-thou mighty one!

Yet ill our cause could spare thee; And harsh the blow of fate That struck its staunchest pillar From 'neath our dome of state. Of thee, as of the Douglas, We say, with Scotland's king, "There is not one to take his place In all the knightly ring."

Thou wert the noblest captain Of all that martial host That front the haughty Northman, And put to shame his boast. Thou wert the strongest bulwark To stay the tide of fight; The name thy soldiers gave thee Bore witness of thy might!

But we may not weep above thee; This is no time for tears! Thou wouldst not brook their shedding, Oh! saint among thy peers! Couldst thou speak from yonder heaven, Above us smiling spread, Thou wouldst not have us pause, for grief, On the blood-stained path we tread!

Not--while our homes in ashes Lie smouldering on the sod! Not--while our houseless women Send up wild wails to God! Not--while the mad fanatic Strews ruin on his track! Dare any Southron give the rein To feeling, and look back!

No! Still the cry is "onward!" This is no time for tears; No I Still the word is "vengeance!" Leave ruth for coming years. We will snatch thy glorious banner From thy dead and stiffening hand, And high, 'mid battle's deadly storm, We'll bear it through the land.

And all who mark it streaming-- Oh! soldier of the cross!-- Shall gird them with a fresh resolve Sternly to avenge our loss; Whilst thou, enrolled a martyr, Thy sacred mission shown, Shalt lay the record of our wrongs Before the Eternal throne!