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STORY OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VICISSITUDES OF THE WAR. _The damaged gun boats can't wage fight For days; so says the Commodore. Thus no diversion can be had. STORY OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON VICISSITUDE THE DAMAGED GUN BOATS CAN'T WAGE FIGHT FOR DAYS SO SAYS THE COMMODORE THUS NO DIVERSION CAN BE HAD
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. 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. 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 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
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