  [Lieutenant Boyd Mercer, Eleventh Kentucky Infantry, U. S. A., 1861.] Some souls, unmoved by lust of fame or pelf, Pass their whole lives without a thought of self; No selfish schemes their high ideals smother— Such was thy soul, my noble-hearted brother. Modest in manner as a gentle maid, As lion bold was duty’s call obeyed, Nor man nor devil made thy soul afraid, To home, to God and Country ever true. Like skylark springing from the morning dew, Thine upward, sunlit flight thou didst pursue. The ocean’s costliest pearls lie ’neath its waves, Blaze richest gems in undiscovered caves, And like the wealth o’er which the ocean rolls God knows the value of his purest souls. Citizen and Christian soldier—why lament A life so truly planned, so nobly spent? Now without taint or mixture of alloy Christ’s soldier marches in eternal joy. Image unavailable: LIEUTENANT BOYD MERCER First Kentucky Regiment, U. S. A.
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