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His star he followed athwart the flood To Potomac's Northern shore, When midway wading, his host of braves "_My Maryland!_" loud did roar   To red Antietam's field of graves, Through mountain passes, woods and waves, They followed their pagod with hymns and glaives, For Stonewall followed a star. HIS STAR HE FOLLOWED ATHWART THE FLOOD TO POTOMAC'S NORTHERN SHORE WHEN MIDWAY WAITING HIS HOST OF BRAVES MY MARYLAND LOUD DID ROAR TO RED ANTIETAM'S FIELD OF GRAVES THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WOODS AND WAVES THEY FOLLOWED THEIR PAGOD WITH HYMNS AND GRAVES FOR STONEWALL FOLLOWED A STAR
tly his fame we outlaw; so We drop a tear on the bold Virginian’s bier, Because no wreath we owe. Stonewall Jackson. (Ascribed to a Virginian.) One man we claim of wrought renown Which not the North shall care to slur; A Modern lived who sleeps in death, Calm as the marble Ancients are: ’Tis he whose life, though a vapor’s wreath, Was charged with the lightning’s burning breath-- Stonewall, stormer of the war. But who shall hymn the roman heart? A stoic he, but even more: The iron will and lion thew Were strong to inflict as to endure: Who like him could stand, or pursue? His fate the fatalist followed through; In all his great soul found to do Stonewall followed his star. He followed his star on the Romney march Through the sleet to the wintry war; And he followed it on when he bowed the grain-- The Wind of the Shenandoah; At Gaines’s Mill in the giant’s strain-- On the fierce forced stride to Manassas-plain, Where his sword with thunder was clothed again, Stonewall followed his star. MELVILLE READ FOR LIEBERVOX DOT ORG BY JONATHAN BRYAN AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED NOVEMBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK U DOT E D U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBERVOX ONE MAN WE CLAIM OF ROT RENOWN WHICH NOT THE NORTH SHALL CARE TO SLUR A MODERN LIVED WHO SLEEPS IN DEATH CALM AS THE MARBLE ANCIENTS ARE TIS HE WHOSE LIFE THOUGH A VAPOR'S WREATH WAS CHARG'D WITH THE LIGHTNING'S BURNING BREATH STONEWALL STORMER OF THE WAR BUT WHO SHALL HYMN THE ROMAN HEART A STOIC HE BUT EVEN MORE THE IRON WILL AND LION FEW WERE STRONG TO INFLICT AS TO ENDURE WHO LIKE HIM COULD STAND OR PURSUE HIS FATE THE FATALIST FOLLOWED THROUGH IN ALL HIS GREAT SOUL FOUND TO DO STONEWALL FOLLOWED HIS STAR HE FOLLOWED HIS STAR ON THE ROMNEY MARCH THROUGH THE SLEET TO THE WINTRY WAR AND HE FOLLOWED IT ON WHEN HE BOWED THE GRAIN THE WIND AT CHENNDOA AT GAINES MILL IN THE GIANT STRAIN ON THE FIERCE FORCED STRIDE TO MANASSAS PLAIN WHERE HIS SWORD WITH THUNDER WAS CLOTHED AGAIN STONEWALL FOLLOWED HIS STAR
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