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_ A gleam!  a volley! And who shall go Storming the swarmers in jungles dread? No cannon ball answers, no proxies are sent   They rush in the shrapnel's stead. Plume and sash are vanities now   Let them deck the pall of the dead; They go where the shade is, perhaps into Hades, Where the brave of all times have led. A GLEAM A VOLLEY AND WHO SHALL GO STORMING THE SWARMERS AND JUNGLES DREAD NO CANNON BALL ANSWERS NO PROXIES ARE SENT THEY RUSH IN THE SHRAPNEL'S STEAD PLUME AND SASH ARE VANITIES NOW LET THEM DECK THE PALL OF THE DEAD THEY GO WHERE THE SHADE IS PERHAPS INTO HADES WHERE THE BRAVE OF ALL TIMES HAVE LED
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. 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. E 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 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
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