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still on! Bayonets for Donelson! STILL ON BAYONETS FOR DONAL SON
es glare like savages. And yet, and yet, strange moments are-- Well--blood, and tears, and anguished War! The morning’s battle-ground is seen In lifted glades, like meadows rare; The blood-drops on the snow-crust there Like clover in the white-week show-- Flushed fields of death, that call again-- Call to our men, and not in vain, For that way must the stormers go. 3 P.M. The work begins. Light drifts of men thrown forward, fade In skirmish-line along the slope, Where some dislodgments must be made Ere the stormer with the strong-hold cope. Lew Wallace, moving to retake The heights late lost-- (Herewith a break. Storms at the West derange the wires. Doubtless, ere morning, we shall hear The end; we look for news to cheer-- Let Hope fan all her fires.)_ Next day in large bold hand was seen The closing bulletin: VICTORY! _Our troops have retrieved the day By one grand surge along the line; The spirit that urged them was divine. The first works flooded, naught could stay The stormers: on! HEIR PREY IN ERRORS THAT FREEZE SOME FIERCE ONES GLARE LIKE SAVAGES AND YET AND YET STRANGE MOMENTS ARE WELL BLOOD IN TEARS AND ANGUISHED WAR THE MORNING'S BATTLE GROUND IS SEEN IN LIFTED GLADES LIKE MEADOWS RARE THE BLOOD DROPS ON THE SNOW CRUST THERE LIKE CLOVER IN THE WHITE WEAK SHOW FLUSH FIELDS OF DEATH THAT CALL AGAIN CALL TO OUR MEN AND NOT IN VAIN FOR THAT WAY MUST THE STORMERS GO THREE P M THE WORK BEGINS LIGHT DRIFTS OF MEN THROWN FORWARD FADE IN SKIRMISH LINES ALONG THE SLOPE WHERE SOME DISLODGMENTS MUST BE MADE ERE THE STORMER WITH THE STRONGHOLD COPE LOU WALLACE MOVING TO RETAKE THE HEIGHTS LATE LOST HEREWITH A BREAK STORM AT THE WEST DERANGE THE WIRES DOUBTLESS ERE MORNING WE SHALL HEAR THE END WE LOOK FOR NEWS TO CHEER LET HOPE FAN ALL HER FIRES NEXT DAY IN LARGE BOLD HAND WAS SEEN THE CLOSING BULLETIN VICTORY OUR TROOPS HAVE RETRIEVED THE DAY BY ONE GRAND SURGE ALONG THE LINE THE SPIRIT THAT URGED THEM WAS DIVINE THE FIRST WORKS FLOODED NAUGHT COULD STAY THE STORMERS ON
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