April 14, 1863, Natchez Daily Courier
For the Natchez Courier.
She nursed the sick soldier,
He will not forget
She gave him her blessing,
She blesses him yet!
To world-hate and world-pride
Alike she was blind,
She was kind to the soldier,
And nothing but kind!
She spurned not his sorrows,
The rags that he wore;
She saw that he suffered,
She saw nothing more!
She cheered the sick soldier,
When others forgot;
She was kind to the soldier
When others were not!
When head-ache and heart-ache
Had rendered him mad,
When others had saddened,
This angel made glad!
To virtues and errors
Alike she was kind;
She was blind to her own faults,
And Christ will be blind!
She spurned not his sorrows,
The rags that he wore;
The poor soldier’s blessing
Be hers evermore!
He will not forget her–
So deep to her debt!
Christ, too, a Poor Soldier,
Will never forget!
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