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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COLONEL ELLSWORTH, by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It fell upon us like a crushing woe Last Line: Will steel our aching hearts to strike again! Subject(s): Alexandria, Virginia; American Civil War; Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-18610; U.s. - History | |||
IT fell upon us like a crushing woe, Sudden and terrible. "Can it be?" we said "That he from whom we hoped so much, is dead, Most foully murdered ere he met the foe?" Why not? The men that would disrupt the State By such base plots as theirs -- frauds, thefts and lies -- What code of honor do they recognize? They thirst for blood to satisfy their hate, Our blood: so be it; but for every blow Woe shall befall them; not in their wild way, But stern and pitiless, we will repay, Until, like swollen streams, their blood shall flow: And should we pause; the thought of Ellsworth slain, Will steel our aching hearts to strike again! | 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 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1) by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD |
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