Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, by FRANCIS ORRERY TICKNOR Poet's Biography First Line: His soul to god! On a battle-psalm! Last Line: To the home of the glorified! Subject(s): American Civil War; Johnston, Albert Sidney (1803-1862); Shiloh, Battle Of (1862); U.s. - History | ||||||||
SHILOH HIS soul to God! on a battle-psalm! A soldier's plea to Heaven! From the victor wreath to the shining Palm; From the battle's core to the central calm, And peace of God in Heaven. Oh, Land! in your midnight of mistrust The golden gates flew wide, And the kingly soul of your wise and just Passed in light from the house of dust To the Home of the Glorified! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OLD OSAWATOMIE by CARL SANDBURG THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG by HARRY MACARTHY LEE'S PAROLE by MARION MANVILLE THE SURRENDER OF NEW ORLEANS by MARION MANVILLE THE LITTLE ODYSSEY OF JASON QUINT, OF SCIENCE, DOCTOR by THOMAS MCGRATH A CANTICLE: SIGNIFICANT OF NATIONAL EXALTATION CLOSE OF WAR by HERMAN MELVILLE A GRAVE NEAR PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA by HERMAN MELVILLE OUR LEFT' by FRANCIS ORRERY TICKNOR A BATTLE BALLAD TO GENERAL J.E. JOHNSTON by FRANCIS ORRERY TICKNOR |
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