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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Abram Joseph Ryan was an American poet, Catholic priest, active proponent of the Confederate States of America, and former Vincentian. He has been called the "Poet-Priest of the South" and the "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy."
Do we weep for the heroes who died for us, Who living were true and tried for us, And dying sleep side by side for us; The martyr band That hallowed our land With the blood they shed in a tide for us?
A land without ruins is a land without memories - a land without memories is a land without history.
Some reckon their age by years, Some measure their life by art; But some tell their days by the flow of their tears And their lives by the moans of their hearts.