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That night the board stood barren there, Oft eyes by wistful people passing, Who nothing saw but the rain beads chasing Each other down the wafered square, As down some storm beat grave yard stone. But next day showed   MORE NEWS LAST NIGHT. THAT NIGHT THE BOARDS STOOD BARREN THERE OFT EYED BY WISTFUL PEOPLE PASSING WHO NOTHING SAW BUT THE RAINBEADS CHASING EACH OTHER DOWN THE WAYFORD SQUARE AS DOWN SOME STORM BEAT GRAVEYARD STONE BUT NEXT DAY SHOWED MORE NEWS LAST NIGHT
 away, Yet not without spontaneous plan However tangled showed the plight; Duels all over ’tween man and man, Duels on cliff-side, and down in ravine, Duels at long range, and bone to bone; Duels every where flitting and half unseen. Only by courage good as their own, And strength outlasting theirs, Did our boys at last drive the rebels off. Yet they went not back to their distant lairs In strong-hold, but loud in scoff Maintained themselves on conquered ground-- Uplands; built works, or stalked around. Our right wing bore this onset. Noon Brought calm to Donelson. The reader ceased; the storm beat hard; ’Twas day, but the office-gas was lit; Nature retained her sulking-fit, In her hand the shard. Flitting faces took the hue Of that washed bulletin-board in view, And seemed to bear the public grief As private, and uncertain of relief; Yea, many an earnest heart was won, As broodingly he plodded on, To find in himself some bitter thing, Some hardness in his lot as harrowing As Donelson. ECAME AN INDIAN FIGHT INTRIGATE DUSKY STRETCHING FAR AWAY YET NOT WITHOUT SPONTANEOUS PLAN HOWEVER TANGLED SHOWED THE PLIGHT DUELS ALL OVER TWEEN MAN AND MAN DUELS ON CLIFF SIDE AND DOWN IN RAVINE DUELS AT LONG RANGE AND BONE TO BONE DUELS EVERYWHERE FITTING AND HALF UNSEEN ONLY BY COURAGE GOOD AS THEIR OWN AND STRENGTH OUTLASTING THEIRS DID OUR BOYS AT LAST DRIVE THE REBELS OFF YET THEY WENT NOT BACK TO THEIR DISTANT LAIRS IN STRONGHOLD BUT LOUD IN SCOFF MAINTAIN THEMSELVES ON CONQUERED GROUND UPLANDS BUILT WORKS OR STALKED AROUND OUR RIGHT WING BORE THIS ONSET NOON BROUGHT CALM TO READER CEASED THE STORM BEAT HARD TWAS DAY BUT THE OFFICE GAS WAS LIT NATURE RETAINED HER SULKING FIT IN HER HAND THE SHARD FLITTING FACES TOOK THE HUE OF THAT WASHED BULLETIN BOARD IN VIEW AND SEEMED TO BEAR THE PUBLIC GRIEF AS PRIVATE AND UNCERTAIN OF RELIEF YEA MANY AN EARNEST HEART WAS WON AS BROODINGLY HE PLODDED ON TO FIND IN HIMSELF SOME BITTER THING SOME HARDNESS IN HIS LOT AS HARROWING AS DONALDSON
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