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The spaded summit shows the roods Of fixed intrenchments in their hush; Breast works and rifle pits in woods Perplex the base. THE SPADED SUMMIT SHOWS THE ROOTS OF FIXED ENTRENCHMENTS IN THEIR HUSH BREASTWORKS AND RIFLE PITS AND WOODS PERPLEX THE BASE
tone Fleet!_ And all for naught. The waters pass-- Currents will have their way; Nature is nobody’s ally; ’tis well; The harbor is bettered--will stay. A failure, and complete, Was your Old Stone Fleet. Donelson. (February, 1862.) The bitter cup Of that hard countermand Which gave the Envoys up, Still was wormwood in the mouth, And clouds involved the land, When, pelted by sleet in the icy street, About the bulletin-board a band Of eager, anxious people met, And every wakeful heart was set On latest news from West or South. “No seeing here,” cries one--“don’t crowd--” “You tall man, pray you, read aloud.” IMPORTANT. _We learn that General Grant, Marching from Henry overland, And joined by a force up the Cumberland sent (Some thirty thousand the command), On Wednesday a good position won-- Began the siege of Donelson. The stronghold crowns a river-bluff, A good broad mile of leveled top; Inland the ground rolls off Deep-gorged, and rocky, and broken up-- A wilderness of trees and brush.  DONALDSON BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBERVOX DOT ORG BY KATY BOGAN NICK ROVNACK DANIEL PADDIA CLAIRE TYRANNY AND JEFF MEDOLF AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED OCTOBER OF TWENTY TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK U DY E D U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBER BOX THE BITTER CUP OF THAT HARD COUNTERMAND WHICH GAVE THE ENVOYS UP STILL WAS WORMWOOD IN THE MOUTH AND CLOUDS INVOLVED THE LAND WHEN PELTED BY SLEET IN THE ICY STREET ABOUT THE BULLETIN BOARD A BAND OF EAGER ANXIOUS PEOPLE MET AND EVERY WAKEFUL HEART WAS SET ON LATEST NEWS FROM WEST OR SOUTH CRIES ONE IMPORTANT WE LEARNED THAT GENERAL GRANT MARCHING FROM HENRY OVERLAND AND JOINED BY A FORCE UP THE CUMBERLAND SCENT SOME THIRTY THOUSAND THE COMMAND ON WEDNESDAY A GOOD POSITION WON BEGAN THE SIEGE OF DONELSON THE STRONGHOLD CROWNS A RIVER BLUFF A GOOD BROAD MILE OF LEVEL TOP INLAND THE GROUND ROLLS OFF DEEP GORGED AND ROCKY AND BROKEN UP A WILDERNESS OF TREES AND BRUSH
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