Shelby County TN Archives News.....DAVID O DODD 1933 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bill Boggess william-boggess@webtv.net April 16, 2006, 7:41 am Fred W Allsopp's, The Poems And Poetry Of Arkansas 1933 DAVID O DODD>> (transcribed; 04/10/06)         DAVID   O   DODD by Fannie Borland Moores (1848AR-1879TN) Who knew what passed in those long years,             In Arkansas? Who cared to mark the falling tears             of Arkansas? We know of many hero graves Where not one wreath of laurel waves, And not one stone a hearing craves,             In Arkansas. Thermopylae is far away             From Arkansas, And boasted heroes are the day             In Arkansas. Leonidas held fast the pass Till men fell thick at summer grass, And one had read 'that' in his class             In Arkansas. Rome was held full many a sea             From Arkansas, But we read the story of the 'three'             In Arkansas. And 'one' had read it every day And heard above his comrades' play Strange voices call him far away             From Arkansas. And when close by his college door             In Arkansas, He stood a mighty crowd before             In Arkansas. He knew his lessons all were done, Yet was beneath the Southern sun, A lesson taught to many a one,             In Arkansas. He did not urge his youth's fair claim             On Arkansas, Nor tell a single comrade's name,             Oh, Arkansas! He would not take a length of days That led through such dishonored ways -- Better a grave than blighted bays,             Oh, Arkansas! He looked beyond the foeman's fire,             To Arkansas. He saw his comrades; camping fire             In Arkansas. He marked each from, unfettered strong, He heard them sing loud and long, And half-way broke into tat song --             Of Arkansas. He saw his sister's eyes grow dim,             In Arkansas, With watching long and late for him,           In Arkansas. He saw his brother at the door Look far across the river shore -- He would not see them any more,             In Arkansas. Free breezes in his hair had play,             In Arkansas, And he might be free as they,             In Arkansas. Only a few sort words to say, He looked up brightly to the day, (Heaven is not so far away             From Arkansas). He did not hold Thermopylae,             Oh, Arkansas! Nor help to hew the bridge away,             Oh, Arkansas! But the little hero held his tongue, And heard the death knell 'round him rung, And saw the rope around him swung,             Oh, Arkansas. Who knew what passed in those long years             In Arkansas, Oh darkened history with the tears             Of Arkansas? And yet a Southern State, Who weeps an individual fate, Can one grander tale relate             Than Arkansas.             -------<>------- Additional Comments: To learn about David O Dodd, do a "Google Search" for him, where you will find over seven-million items. http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/montgom/dodd.htm Letter from David O. Dodd http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/montgom/letter.htm David O. Dodd, 17, Executed on Charges of Spying in War » The ... School groups, youth and adults can take a guided tour of the Old State House or attend fun family activities. Schools can borrow boxes of museum ... http://www.oldstatehouse.com/.../classroom/arkansas_news/detail.asp?id=686&issue_id= 40&page=5 David O. Dodd The David O. Dodd window. The David O. Dodd window, commemorating the young Arkansan executed as a Confederate spy in 1864, was unveiled at The Confederate ... http://www.arkmilitaryheritage.com/ex hibits/dodd.htm              <>-------<>-------<> Fanny (spelling by father in his December 1863 will) was daughter of Mary Isabel Melbourne and U S Senator Solon Borland, M D, --- named in honor of his aunt who raised him and her half-brother during their early years at Suffolk, VA, born in Little Rock, September 1848 upon Major Borland's return from fighting, being captured, escaping and helping in the capture of Mexico City, of the Mexican-American War, --- after appointed and elected to the United States Senate where he served until President Polk appointed him "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary" to Central America March 1853, turning down Governorship of New Mexico territory. Fannie's obituary: File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/davidodo4nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/tnfiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb