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The fire redoubles, While the fleet Hangs dubious  ere the horror ran   The Admiral rushes to his rightful place   Well met! apt hour and man! THE FIRE REDOUBLES WHILE THE FLEET HANGS DUBIOUS ERE THE HORROR RAN THE ADMIRAL RUSHES TO HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE WELL MET APT HOUR AND MAN
 warm-- Warm with the solemn metal there, And all its ordered fury share, In attitude a gladiatorial form. The Admiral--yielding the love Which held his life and ship so dear-- Sailed second in the long fleet’s midmost line; Yet thwarted all their care: He lashed himself aloft, and shone Star of the fight, with influence sent Throughout the dusk embattlement; And so they neared the strait and walls of stone. No sprintly fife as in the field, The decks were hushed like fanes in prayer; Behind each man a holy angel stood-- He stood, though none was ’ware. Out spake the forts on either hand, Back speak the ships when spoken to, And set their flags in concert true, And _On and in!_ is Farragut’s command. But what delays? ’mid wounds above Dim buoys give hint of death below-- Sea-ambuscades, where evil art had aped Hecla that hides in snow. The centre-van, entangled, trips; The starboard leader holds straight on: A cheer for the Tecumseh!--nay, Before their eyes the turreted ship goes down! OLDLY BY HIS GUN AS COLD AS IT BUT HE SHALL WARM WARM WITH THE SOLEMN METAL THERE AND ALL ITS ORDERED FURY SHARE IN ATTITUDE A GLADATORIAL FORM THE ADMIRAL YIELDING THE LOVE WHICH HELD HIS LIFE AND SHIP SO DEAR SAILED SECOND IN THE LONG FLEET'S MIDMOST LINE YET THWARTED ALL THEIR CARE HE LASHED HIMSELF ALOFT AND SHONE STAR OF THE FIGHT WITH INFLUENCE SENT THROUGHOUT THE DUSK EMBATTLEMENT AND SO THEY NEARED THE STRAIT AND WALLS OF STONE NO SPRIGHTLY FIFE AS IN THE FIELD THE DECKS WERE HUSHED LIKE FANES IN PRAYER BEHIND EACH MAN A HOLY ANGEL STOOD HE STOOD THOUGH NONE WAS WARE OUT SPAKE THE FORTS ON EITHER HAND BACK SPEAK THE SHIPS WHEN SPOKEN TO AND SET THEIR FLAGS IN CONCERT TRUE AND ON AND IN IS FARRAGUT'S COMMAND BUT WHAT DELAYS MID WOUNDS ABOVE DIM BUOYS GIVE HINT OF DEATH BELOW SEA AMBUSCADES WHERE EVIL ART HAD APED HECLA THAT HIDES IN SNOW THE CENTRE VAN ENTANGLED TRIPS THE STARBOARD LEADER HOLDS STRAIGHT ON A CHEER FOR THE TIKUMSA NAY BEFORE THEIR EYES THE TURRETED SHIP GOES DOWN
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