Rosemary and Pansies

<h2><SPAN name="HISTORIC_GROUND" id="HISTORIC_GROUND"></SPAN>HISTORIC GROUND</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">No song lends these calm vales a deathless name;<br/></span> <span class="i2">No hero, to a nation’s honors grown,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Claims as his birthplace these rude hills unknown;<br/></span> <span class="i0">No pomp of hostile armies ever came,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Marring these fields with storied blood and flame;<br/></span> <span class="i2">And yet the darkest tragedies of time,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of love and death the mysteries sublime<br/></span> <span class="i0">Have thrilled this tranquil spot, unmarked of fame.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Here the long conflict between good and ill<br/></span> <span class="i2">Has been fought out to shame or victory,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Darkly and madly as in scenes renowned.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Ah, though unnamed in human records, still<br/></span> <span class="i0">Within the annals of eternity<br/></span> <span class="i2">This place obscure is true historic ground!<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_32" id="page_32">{32}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />