Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOOKER'S ACROSS, by GEORGE HENRY BOKER Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Hooker's across! Hooker's across! Last Line: Hooker's across! Subject(s): American Civil War; Chancellorsville, Battle Of (1863); Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879); United States - History | ||||||||
HOOKER'S across! Hooker's across! Standards and guidons and lance-pennons toss Over the land where he points with his blade, Bristle the hill-top, and fill up the glade. Who would not follow a leader whose blood Has swelled, like our own, the battle's red flood? Who bore what we suffered, our wound and our pain, -- Bore them with patience, and dares them again? Hooker's across! Hooker's across! Hooker's across! River of death, you shall make up our loss! Out of your channel we summon each soul, Over whose body your dark billows roll; Up from your borders we summon the dead, From valleys and hills where they struggled and bled, To joy in the vengeance the traitors shall feel At the roar of our guns and the rush of our steel! Hooker's across! Hooker's across! Hooker's across! Fears to the wind, with our standards, we toss, Moving together, straight on, with one breath, Down to the outburst of passion and death. Oh, in the depths of our spirits we know If we fail now in the face of the foe, Flee from the field with our flag soiled and dim, We may return, but 't will not be with him! Hooker's across! | 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 COUNTESS LAURA by GEORGE HENRY BOKER DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER [SEPTEMBER 1, 1862] by GEORGE HENRY BOKER THE BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN [NOVEMBER 24, 1863] by GEORGE HENRY BOKER |
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