Category: Poetry
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See how, see how, they break and fly before us! See how they are scattered all over the plain! Now, now--now, now, our country will adore us! In peace and in triumph, boys, when...
6. Part 6Our banners on those turrets wave, And there our evening bugles play: Where orange-boughs above their grave Keep green the memory of the brave Who fought and fell at Monterey.
4. Part 4"Stand firm to your quarters--your duty don't shun, The first one that shrinks, through the body I'll run, Though their force is superior, yet they shall know, What true, brave...
3. Part 3Still deaf to mild entreaties, still blind to England's good, You have for thirty pieces betrayed your country's blood. Like Esop's greedy cur you'll gain a shadow for your bone...
7. Part 7Peace, peace to the world--is our motto unfurled, Tho' we shun not a field that is gory; At home or abroad, fearing none but our God, We will carve our own pathway to glory! The...
5. Part 5Our second told so well That their fore and mizzen fell, Which dous'd the Royal ensign neat and handy, oh! "By George!" says he, "we're done," And they fired a lee gun, While th...
1. Part 1The editor of these volumes makes grateful acknowledgment of the courtesy of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., Harper & Brothers, Ticknor & Co., and D. Lothrop & Co., in freely...
8. Part 8The right-hand vapor broader grew; It rose, and joined itself unto The main cloud with a sudden dash. Loud and more near the cannon's crash Came toward me, and I heard a sound A...