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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BATTLE OF SOMERSET, by CORNELIUS C. CULLEN First Line: I gazed, and lo! Afar and near Last Line: And cease this bloody strife. Subject(s): American Civil War; Somerset, Kentucky, Battle Of (1862); United States - History | |||
I GAZED, and lo! Afar and near, With hastening speed, now there, now here, The horseman rode with glittering spear -- 'T was awful to behold! Ten thousand men, in dread array -- On every hill and mound they lay -- A dreadful sight it was that day To see the front they formed. The polished sabres, waving high, Flashed brightly in the morning sky; While, beaming on the dazzled eye, The glittering bayonets shone. All, all was hushed among the trees, Save now and then a gentle breeze, Which stirr'd the brown and serried leaves That in the forest lay. But what is that which greets mine eye? Is it Columbia's sons I spy? Hark! Hark! I hear their battle cry -- Their shouts of victory! Still hotter does the conflict grow; While dealing death in every blow, McCook charged on the routed foe His daring little band. Rest, patriots, rest; the conflict's o'er, Your erring brethren punished sore; Oh, would they'd fight their friends no more, And cease this bloody strife. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A VISIT TO GETTYSBURG by LUCILLE CLIFTON AFTER SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE by DAVID FERRY ACROSS THE LONG DARK BORDER by EDWARD HIRSCH WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS by DAVID IGNATOW THE DAY OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS; MARY 30, 1869 by EMMA LAZARUS MANHATTAN, 1609 by EDWIN MARKHAM THE DECISION (APRIL 14, 1861) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE SPARROW HARK IN THE RAIN (ALEXANDER STEPHENS HEARS NEWS) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS PENITENTIAL PSALM: 6. DOMINE NE IN FURORE by THOMAS WYATT |
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