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_ In glades they meet skull after skull Where pine cones lay  the rusted gun, Green shoes full of bones, the mouldering coat And cuddled up skeleton; And scores of such. IN GLADES THEY MEET SKULL AFTER SKULL WHERE PINE CONES LAY THE RUSTED GUN GREEN SHOES FULL OF BONES THE MOULDERING COAT AND CUTLED UP SKELETON AND SCORES OF SUCH
by Mosby’s prowling men, Who ride in the rear of doom. _Far West, and farther South, Wherever the sword has been, Deserted camps are met, And desert graves are seen._ The livelong night they ford the flood; With guns held high they silent press, Till shimmers the grass in their bayonets’ sheen-- On Morning’s banks their ranks they dress; Then by the forests lightly wind, Whose waving boughs the pennons seem to bless, Borne by the cavalry scouting on-- Sounding the Wilderness. _Like shoals of fish in spring That visit Crusoe’s isle, The host in the lonesome place-- The hundred thousand file._ The foe that held his guarded hills Must speed to woods afar; For the scheme that was nursed by the Culpepper hearth With the slowly-smoked cigar-- The scheme that smouldered through winter long Now bursts into act--into war-- The resolute scheme of a heart as calm As the Cyclone’s core. _The fight for the city is fought In Nature’s old domain; Man goes out to the wilds, And Orpheus’ charm is vain. THIN THE GLOOM TILL SCARED PERCHANCE BY MOSEBY'S PROWLING MEN WHO RIDE IN THE REAR OF DOOM FAR WEST AND FARTHER SOUTH WHEREVER THE SWORD HAS BEEN DESERTED CAMPS ARE MET AND DESERT GRAVES ARE SEEN THE LIVELONG NIGHT THEY FORD THE FLOOD WITH GUNS HELD HIGH THEY SILENT PRESS TILL SHIMMERS THE GRASS AND THEIR BAYONETS SHEEN ON MORNING BANKS THEIR RANKS THEY DRESS THEN BY THE FOREST LIGHTLY WIND WHOSE WAVING BOUGHS THE PENNONS SEEM TO BLESS BORNE BY THE CAVALRY SCOUTING ON SOUNDING THE WILDERNESS LIKE SHOALS OF FISH IN SPRING THAT VISIT CRUSOE'S ISLE THE HOST IN THE LONESOME PLACE THE HUNDRED THOUSAND FILE THE FOE THAT HELD HIS GUARDED HILLS MUST SPEED TO WOODS AFAR FOR THE SCHEME THAT WAS NURSED BY THE CULPEPPER HEARTH WITH THE SLOWLY SMOKED CIGAR THE SCHEME THAT SMOULDERED THROUGH WINTER LONG NOW BURSTS INTO ACT INTO WAR THE RESOLUTE SCHEME OF A HEART AS CALM AS THE CYCLONE'S CORE THE FIGHT FOR THE CITY IS FOUGHT IN NATURE'S OLD DOMAIN MAN GOES OUT TO THE WILDS AND ORPHEUS'S CHARM IS VAIN
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