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They fought through lurid dark till dawn; The war smoke rolled away With clouds of night, and showed the fleet In scarred yet firm array, Above the forts, above the drift Of wrecks which strife had made; And Farragut sailed up to the town And anchored  sheathed the blade. THEY FOUGHT THROUGH LURID DARK TILL DAWN THE WAR SMOKE ROLLED AWAY WITH CLOUDS OF NIGHT AND SHOWED THE FLEET IN SCARRED YET FIRM ARRAY ABOVE THE FORTS ABOVE THE DRIFT OF WRECKS WHICH STRIFE HAD MADE AND FARRAGUT SAILED UP TO THE TOWN AND ANCHORED SHEATHED THE BLADE
 But Moses sung and timbrels rung For Pharaoh’s standed crew. So God appears in apt events-- The Lord is a man of war! So the strong wind to the muse is given In victory’s roar. Deep be the ode that hymns the fleet-- The fight by night--the fray Which bore our Flag against the powerful stream, And led it up to day. Dully through din of larger strife Shall bay that warring gun; But none the less to us who live It peals--an echoing one. The shock of ships, the jar of walls, The rush through thick and thin-- The flaring fire-rafts, glare and gloom-- Eddies, and shells that spin-- The boom-chain burst, the hulks dislodged, The jam of gun-boats driven, Or fired, or sunk--made up a war Like Michael’s waged with leven. The manned Varuna stemmed and quelled The odds which hard beset; The oaken flag-ship, half ablaze, Passed on and thundered yet; While foundering, gloomed in grimy flame, The Ram Manassas--hark the yell!-- Plunged, and was gone; in joy or fright, The River gave a startled swell. DOL HORRE DOWN AT HER FEET HER SHOM SHE THREW BUT MOSES SUNG AND TIMBRELS RUNG FOR PHARAOH'S STRANDED CREW SO GOD APPEARS IN APT EVENTS THE LORD IS A MAN OF WAR SO THE STRONG WIND TO THE MUSES GIVEN IN VICTORY'S ROAR DEEP BE THE ODE THAT HYMNS THE FLEET THE FIGHT BY NIGHT THE FRAY WHICH BORE OUR FLAG AGAINST THE POWERFUL STREAM AND LED IT UP TO DAY DULLY THROUGH DIN OF LARGER STRIFE SHALL BAY THAT WARRING GUN BUT NONE THE LESS TO US WHO LIVE IT PEALS AN ECHOING ONE THE SHOCK OF SHIPS THE JAR OF WALLS THE RUSH THROUGH THICK AND THIN THE FLARING FIRE RAFTS GLARE AND GLOOM EDDIES AND SHELLS THAT SPIN THE BOOM CHAIN BURST THE HULKS DISLODGED THE JAM OF GUNBOATS DRIVEN OR FIRED OR SUNK MADE UP A WAR LIKE MICHAEL'S WAGED WITH LEAVEN THE MANNED VARUNA STEMMED AND QUELLED THE ODDS WHICH HARD BESET THE OAKEN FLAG SHIP HALF ABLAZE PASSED ON AND THUNDERED YET WHILE FOUNDERING GLOOMED IN GRIMY FLAME THE RAM ANASSES HARK THE YELL PLUNGED AND WAS GONE IN JOY OR FRIGHT THE RIVER GAVE A STARTLED SWELL
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