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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010This week’s “150 Years Ago…” column again reminds the reader that newspapers served many purposes in 1860. As noted in earlier columns, 1860 newspapers were a source of education, news, and entertainment, to only name a few.
Before reading this week’s primary source, the reader must be informed that America had yet to [...]
An 1826 Poem to Give Us All Something To Be Thankful For This Season
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Happy Thanksgiving from The Arkansas Toothpick! While searching for a relevant subject to post on this Thanksgiving season, the Toothpick staff ran across an 1826 article from the Arkansas newspaper. Arkansas was still a territory (10 years prior to statehood). This was no regular article, but rather a poem about our patriots. [...]
TO ONE AFAR- A Poem
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008The morn is fair, the hour bright,And singing birds are gay;But in my musing mood I sitAnd dream of one away.The flowers bloom, and birds sing on,But still my thoughts will flee,With brighter hopes and sweeter chime,To rest, dear one, with thee.
By Edna Cora
Peterson’s Magazine, Feb. 1861
I’M WAITING FOR THEE- A Poem
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008By my widely open casement,Where the crimson roses cling—In the moonlight I’ve been sitting,Singing songs we used to sing.I’ve been waiting for thy coming,But my watching has been vain,For I hear not yet the foot-fallOf thy steed upon the plain.Once I thought I heard thee coming,And my heart throbbed with delight,But when forth sprang to [...]
A LOVE SONG- A Poem
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008He presses kisses on my brow,As softly as the rain-drop’s fall;Like fragrant blossoms of the Spring,And sweeter, sweeter than them all!And fresher, purer than the winds,That lift the petals of the flowers,They gladden all my fevered lifeWith new and renovating powers.Sweet kisses from the lips I love,Strung on the heart’s most tender chords,Like pearls that [...]
HOME AND THEE- A Poem
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008For half the night as a picket,Upon my dreary beat,Watching for the deadly foemanAmid the rain and sleet;The wild-cat’s cry is echoedBy owlet in the tree;And I lean upon my rifleAnd think of home and thee!The moon is lost in darkness;No stars are in the sky;The fires are flickering vaguelyWhere the encampments lie.Oh! I love [...]
What Is A Lady? By Varina Jefferson Davis
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008Ladies of the 1st Arkansas Civilian Corps, it is our intention to portray the best impressions we can as a point of pride for our men in arms. Keeping this in mind, here is the absolute definition of a “Lady” offered up by our own Varina Davis, 1st Lady of the Confederacy. Shall we attempt [...]
Masons In The Civil War (A Poem)
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Now the pathetic dies away and martial strains are heard, reminding us of the battlefield and it’s attendant glory. The glorious notes of the battle-hymn float over the red field of carnage. Brave men hear the inspiring music; the ranks close up; the bayonets are fixed; and, with a cheer which strikes terror to the [...]
The Chaplain’s Corner- A Poem
Sunday, December 30th, 2007On Shiloh’s dark and bloody groundThe dead and wounded lay,Amongst them was a drummer boyWho beat the drums that day.A wounded soldier held him upHis drum was by his side;He clasped his hands, then raised his eyesAnd prayed before he died.Look down upon the battle field,Oh, Thou our Heavenly Friend!Have mercy on our sinful souls!The [...]
A Different Christmas Poem
Saturday, December 29th, 2007The embers glowed softly, and in their dimlight, I gazed round the room and I cherishedthe sight. My wife was asleep, her head on mychest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,Transforming the yard to a winter delight. Thesparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completedthe magic that [...]
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