Love, when the present is become the past oakley belong sunglasses, And dust has covered all that now is new, When many a fame has faded out of view, And many a later fame is fading fast -

If then these songs of mine might hope to last, Which sing most sweetly when they sing of you, Though queen and empress wore oblivion's hue, Your loveliness would not be overcast.

Now, while the present stays with you and me, In love's copartnery our hearts combine, Life's loss and gain in equal shares to take. Partners in fame our memories then would be: Your name remembered for my songs; and mine Still unforgotten for your sweetness' sake.

Early on Christmas Day, Love, as awake I lay cheap oakleys fives squared sunglasses red, And heard the Christmas bells ring sweet and clearly, My heart stole through the gloom Into your silent room, And whispered to your heart, `I love you dearly.'

There, in the dark profound, Your heart was sleeping sound, And dreaming some fair dream of summer weather. At my heart's word it woke, And, ere the morning broke, They sang a Christmas carol both together.

Glory to God on high! Stars of the morning sky, Sing as ye sang upon the first creation, When all the Sons of God Shouted for joy abroad, And earth was laid upon a sure foundation.

Glory to God again! Peace and goodwill to men, And kindly feeling all the wide world over, Where friends with joy and mirth Meet round the Christmas hearth, Or dreams of home the solitary rover.

To this daughter whose loss grieved him so he was specially devoted. She died in North Carolina, at the Warren White Sulphur Springs.  At the close of the war, the citizens of the county erected over her grave a handsome monument.  General lee was invited to be present at the ceremonies of the unveiling.  In his reply, he says:

"...I have always cherished the intention of visiting the tomb of her who never gave me aught but pleasure;...  Though absent in person, my heart will be with you, and my sorrow and devotions will be mingled with yours....  I inclose, according to your request cheap oakleys fives squared sunglasses blue, the date of my daughter's birth and the inscription proposed for the monument over her tomb.  The latter are the last lines of the hymn which she asked for just before her death."

A visitor to her grave, some years after the war, thus describes it:

"In the beautiful and quiet graveyard near the Springs a plain shaft of native granite marks the grave of this beloved daughter.  On one side is cut in the stone, 'Annie C. Lee oakley sunglasses, daughter of General R. E. Lee and Mary C. Lee'--and on the opposite--'Born at Arlington, June 18, 1839, and died at White Sulphur Springs, Warren County, North Carolina, Oct. 20, 1862.'  On another side are the lines selected by her father,

"'Perfect and true are all His ways Whom heaven adores and earth obeys.'"

How the battle of Fredericksburg was fought and won all the world has heard, and I shall not attempt to describe it.  On December 11th, the day Burnside commenced his attack, General Lee wrote to my mother:

"...The enemy, after bombarding the town of Fredericksburg, setting fire to many houses and knocking down nearly all those along the river, crossed over a large force about dark, and now occupies the town.  We hold the hills commanding it cheap oakleys, and hope we shall be able to damage him yet.  His position and heavy guns command the town entirely."