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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIOUX SONGS: THE BATTLE, by AGNES KENDRICK GRAY First Line: Three times the sun rose while the battle held Last Line: There lay the shadow of that agony. Subject(s): American Civil War; Gettysburg Campaign (1863); United States - History; War; Gettysburg, Battle Of | |||
Three times the sun rose while the battle held, Three days of blinding-heat and fiery dust -- Three red eternities of breastwork shelled, Of charge, attack, repulse, and counterthrust. And in the soul of Meade, the soul of Lee, By every soldier's suffering torn and wrung -- What vain defeat, what frustrate victory, As to and fro the battle's fortune swung! For always on the leader's heart must fall The sharpest lash, the wounds that cannot heal; To them is given the wormwood and the gall Of hurling life against inhuman steel. And ever in the eyes of Meade and Lee There lay the shadow of that agony. | 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: ROCKS 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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