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Some start as in dreams, And comrades lost bemoan: By the edge of those wilds Stonewall had charged   But the Year and the Man were gone. _At the height of their madness The night winds pause, Recollecting themselves; But no lull in these wars. SOME STARTERS IN DREAMS AND COMRADES LOST BEMOAN BY THE EDGE OF THOSE WILD STONE WALL HAD CHARGED BUT THE YEAR AND THE MAN WERE GONE AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR MADNESS THE NIGHT WINDS PAUSE RECOLLECTING THEMSELVES BUT NO LULL IN THESE WARS
e livelong night they ford the flood; With guns held high they silent press, Till shimmers the grass in their bayonets’ sheen-- On Morning’s banks their ranks they dress; Then by the forests lightly wind, Whose waving boughs the pennons seem to bless, Borne by the cavalry scouting on-- Sounding the Wilderness. _Like shoals of fish in spring That visit Crusoe’s isle, The host in the lonesome place-- The hundred thousand file._ The foe that held his guarded hills Must speed to woods afar; For the scheme that was nursed by the Culpepper hearth With the slowly-smoked cigar-- The scheme that smouldered through winter long Now bursts into act--into war-- The resolute scheme of a heart as calm As the Cyclone’s core. _The fight for the city is fought In Nature’s old domain; Man goes out to the wilds, And Orpheus’ charm is vain._ In glades they meet skull after skull Where pine-cones lay--the rusted gun, Green shoes full of bones, the mouldering coat And cuddled-up skeleton; And scores of such. RE MET AND DESERT GRAVES ARE SEEN THE LIVELONG NIGHT THEY FORD THE FLOOD WITH GUNS HELD HIGH THEY SILENT PRESS TILL SHIMMERS THE GRASS AND THEIR BAYONETS SHEEN ON MORNING BANKS THEIR RANKS THEY DRESS THEN BY THE FOREST LIGHTLY WIND WHOSE WAVING BOUGHS THE PENNONS SEEM TO BLESS BORNE BY THE CAVALRY SCOUTING ON SOUNDING THE WILDERNESS LIKE SHOALS OF FISH IN SPRING THAT VISIT CRUSOE'S ISLE THE HOST IN THE LONESOME PLACE THE HUNDRED THOUSAND FILE THE FOE THAT HELD HIS GUARDED HILLS MUST SPEED TO WOODS AFAR FOR THE SCHEME THAT WAS NURSED BY THE CULPEPPER HEARTH WITH THE SLOWLY SMOKED CIGAR THE SCHEME THAT SMOULDERED THROUGH WINTER LONG NOW BURSTS INTO ACT INTO WAR THE RESOLUTE SCHEME OF A HEART AS CALM AS THE CYCLONE'S CORE THE FIGHT FOR THE CITY IS FOUGHT IN NATURE'S OLD DOMAIN MAN GOES OUT TO THE WILDS AND ORPHEUS'S CHARM IS VAIN IN GLADES THEY MEET SKULL AFTER SKULL WHERE PINE CONES LAY THE RUSTED GUN GREEN SHOES FULL OF BONES THE MOULDERING COAT AND CUTLED UP SKELETON AND SCORES OF SUCH
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