Tribute To The Uncrowned Heroes -- By Ruby B. Kyle

Tribute to the Uncrowned Heroes

By Ruby Beryl Kyle,
Birmingham, Alabama.

 

Let none declare that we are blind

To bravery of friend or foe;

Though costly marble may not mark

Each martyred brow that lieth low,

We honor all.

The tears we shed o'er Southern graves,

That fall upon each rose-gemmed bed,

Are for the private as the chief.

There is no rank among the dead;

God loves them all.

Salvation's starry helm is theirs,

As bright for each as other;

The banner and the sword is cleansed,

And Heaven, common mother,

Hath crowned them all. 

 

Confederate Veteran, September 1894