• [September 20, 1854]
    WILLIE, fold your little hands;
      Let it drop,—that “soldier” toy;
    Look where father’s picture stands,—
      Father, that here kissed his boy
    Not a mouth since,—father kind,
    Who this night may (never mind
    Mother’s sob, my Willie dear)
    Cry out loud that He may hear
    Who is God of battles,—cry,
    “God...