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Stern weather is all unwonted here. The people of the country own We brought it. Yea, the earnest North Has elementally issued forth To storm this Donelson._ FURTHER. STERN WEATHER IS ALL UNWONTING HERE THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY ON WE BROUGHT IT YEA THE EARNEST NORTH HAS ELEMENTALLY ISSUED FORTH TO STORM THIS DONAL SUN FURTHER
ed; and then We stormed them on their left. A chilly change in the afternoon; The sky, late clear, is now bereft Of sun. Last night the ground froze hard-- Rings to the enemy as they run Within their works. A ramrod bites The lip it meets. The cold incites To swinging of arms with brisk rebound. Smart blows ’gainst lusty chests resound. Along the outer line we ward A crackle of skirmishing goes on. Our lads creep round on hand and knee, They fight from behind each trunk and stone; And sometimes, flying for refuge, one Finds ’tis an enemy shares the tree. Some scores are maimed by boughs shot off In the glades by the Fort’s big gun. We mourn the loss of colonel Morrison, Killed while cheering his regiment on. Their far sharpshooters try our stuff; And ours return them puff for puff: ’Tis diamond-cutting-diamond work. Woe on the rebel cannoneer Who shows his head. Our fellows lurk Like Indians that waylay the deer By the wild salt-spring.--The sky is dun, Fordooming the fall of Donelson. N AND SWORDY WHICH WAS QUELLED AND THEN WE STORMED THEM ON THEIR LEFT A CHILLY CHANGE IN THE AFTERNOON THE SKY LATE CLEAR IS NOW BEREFT OF SUN LAST NIGHT THE GROUND FROZE HARD RINGS TO THE ENEMY AS THEY RUN WITHIN THEIR WORKS A RAMROD BITES THE LIPPET MEETS THE COLD INCITES THEIR SWINGING OF ARMS WITH BRISK REBOUND SMART BLOWS GAINST LUSTY CHESTS RESOUND ALONG THE OUTER LINE WE WARD A CRACKLE OF SKIRMISHING GOES ON OUR LADS CREEP ROUND ON HAND AND KNEE THEY FIGHT FROM BEHIND EACH TRUNKEN STONE AND SOMETIMES FLYING FROM REFUGE ONE FINDS TIS AN ENEMY SHARES THE TRE SOME SCORES ARE MAIMED BY BOWS SHOT OFF IN THE GLADES BY THE FORT'S BIG GUN WE MOURN THE LOSS OF COLONEL MORRISON KILL'D WHILE CHEERING HIS REGIMENT ON THEIR FAR SHARPSHOOTERS TRY OUR STUFF AND OURS RETURN THEM PUFF FOR PUFF TIS DIAMOND CUTTING DIAMOND WORK WOE ON THE REBEL CANNONEER WHO SHOWS HIS HEAD OUR FELLOWS LURK LIKE INDIANS THAT WAYLAY THE DEER BY THE WILD SALT SPRING THE SKY IS DONE FOR DOOMING THE FALL OF DONNELL SUN
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