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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIOUX SONGS: ROCKS, by AGNES KENDRICK GRAY First Line: Among these jagged rocks, whose height commands Last Line: At bay among these rocks, or charged this wood? Subject(s): American Civil War; Gettysburg Campaign (1863); United States - History; War; Gettysburg, Battle Of | |||
Among these jagged rocks, whose height commands A vista of the Ridges, and the plain Where thrifty farms lie on the battlelands, And sons of soldiers reap their ripened grain -- Among these tragic rocks a pang of fear Cuts at my heart for every frightened lad Who charged this wooded hill or waited here, Gripping his gun with all the strength he had. How young they were, these boys in blood-stained blue, In dim and dusty gray amid the wheat, The salt sweat in their eyes like bitter dew, And burning furrows under burning feet! My youth cries out to theirs. . . . Could I have stood At bay among these rocks, or charged this wood? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A VISIT TO GETTYSBURG by LUCILLE CLIFTON JOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG by FRANCIS BRET HARTE THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS by ABRAHAM LINCOLN GETTYSBURG [JULY 1-3, 1863] by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE THE HIGH TIDE AT GETTYSBURG [JULY 3, 1863] by WILL HENRY THOMPSON SIOUX SONGS: HARVEST by AGNES KENDRICK GRAY SIOUX SONGS: THE BATTLE by AGNES KENDRICK GRAY SIOUX SONGS: THE CEMETERY by AGNES KENDRICK GRAY THE VISION OF GETTYSBURG (1863-1913) by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON AFTER WHISTLER by AGNES KENDRICK GRAY SIOUX SONGS: A FLYING HORSE (THE SPOTTED HORSE) by AGNES KENDRICK GRAY |
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