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Subject: JACKSON, THOMAS (STONEWALL) (1824-1863)
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First Line: Who've ye got there? Only a dying brother'
Last Line: "living, he laid the first stones of a nation; / and dead, he builds it yet"
Subject(s): "american Civil War;chancellorsville, Battle Of (1863);jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863);u.s. - History;


A NIGHT, NEAR BERKELEY SPRINGS, by DAVID BOTTOMS    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The light of the future eternal' sometimes breaks on a life
Last Line: A fine dust, astonished to be rising from a cloud.
Subject(s): Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); Snow; Soldiers


BORN ON JACKSON'S BIRTHDAY, by BRUCE FELD    Poem Source                    
First Line: The mists of a lake float past neosho
Last Line: That he was born on stonewall jackson's day
Subject(s): Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863)


BRIGADE MUST NOT KNOW, SIR!', by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Who've ye got there? Only a dying brother'
Last Line: Living, he laid the first stones of a nation; %and dead, he builds it yet
Subject(s): American Civil War; Chancellorsville, Battle Of (1863); Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); U.s. - History


DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON, by HENRY LYNDEN FLASH    Poem Text                    
First Line: Not midst the lightning of the stormy fight
Last Line: He rises with the crown!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Chancellorsville, Battle Of (1863); Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); United States - History


JOHN BROWN'S BODY: THE DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON, by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Slow time wore. They had to tell him at last
Last Line: “let us cross the river,” he said, “and rest under the shade of the trees”
Subject(s): Death; Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); Dead, The


STONEWALL JACKSON, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The fashions and the forms of men decay
Last Line: To know the long fruition of the just!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); United States - History


STONEWALL JACKSON (ASCRIBED TO A VIRGINIAN), by HERMAN MELVILLE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: One man we claim of wrought renown
Last Line: "and he fell in the south's great war."
Subject(s): American Civil War; Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); U.s. - History


STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAY, by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Come, stack arms, men! Pile on the rails
Last Line: That gets in stonewall's way.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Chancellorsville, Battle Of (1863); Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); Patriotism; United States - History


STONEWALL JACKSON; MORTALLY WOUNDED AT CHANCELLORSVILLE, by HERMAN MELVILLE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The man who fiercest charged in fight
Last Line: Because no wreath we owe.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); United States - History


STONEWALL'S REQUIEM, by M. DEEVES    Poem Source                    
First Line: The muffled drum is beating
Subject(s): American Civil War; Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); U.s. - History


THE DYING WORDS OF STONEWALL JACKSON, by SIDNEY LANIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The stars of night contain the glittering day
Last Line: Solace hast thou for pain!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Chancellorsville, Battle Of (1863); Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); United States - History


THE LONE SENTRY, by JAMES RYDER RANDALL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas at the dying of the day
Last Line: Who watched the camp that night.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); U.s. - History


UNDER THE SHADE OF THE TREES [MAY 10, 1863], by MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What are the thoughts that are stirring his breast?
Last Line: Under the shade of the trees!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Chancellorsville, Battle Of (1863); Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); United States - History; War


WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF OUR BELOVED GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON, by CAROLINE AUGUSTA BALL    Poem Text                    
First Line: There's a wail of woe on the summer breeze
Last Line: His last victory gained, his rest has won.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Death; Heroism; Jackson, Thomas (stonewall) (1824-1863); United States - History; Dead, The; Heroes; Heroines