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Subject: FORT SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA
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First Line: "bob anderson, my beau, bob, when we were first aquent"
Last Line: "but I love a man that dares to act, bob anderson"
Subject(s): "american Civil War;anderson, Robert (1805-1871);fort Sumter, South Carolina;soldiers;u.s. - History;


CHARLESTON, by JOHN UPDIKE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A kind of wooden boston, crowding toward
Last Line: The horizontal smudge, fort sumter, where %six hundred thousand men began to die
Subject(s): Charleston, South Carolina; Fort Sumter, South Carolina


FIGHT AT FORT SUMTER, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Twas a wonderful brave fight
Last Line: And a stern retribution %to the south
Subject(s): American Civil War; Fort Sumter, South Carolina; U.s. - History


MY MOTHER-LAND, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My mother-land! Thou wert the first to fling
Last Line: A prelude and a prophecy combined!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Confederate States Of America; Fort Sumter, South Carolina; United States - History; Confederacy


ON FORT SUMTER, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: It was a noble roman
Last Line: "who says with 'southern daring,' / 'I'll find a way, or make it!'"
Subject(s): "american Civil War;confederate States Of America;fort Sumter, South Carolina;u.s. - History;" Confederacy


SONNET: ELLIOTT IN FORT SUMTER, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: And high amongst these chiefs of iron grain
Last Line: Confer an antique immortality!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Fort Sumter, South Carolina; United States - History


SUMTER, by HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: So they will have it!
Last Line: On with the cannon!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Fort Sumter, South Carolina; Patriotism; United States - History


SUMTER - A BALLAD OF 1861, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Twas on the twelfth of april
Last Line: "our soil's redeemed from hateful yoke, / we'll keep it pure or die"
Subject(s): "american Civil War;confederate States Of America;fort Sumter, South Carolina;u.s. - History;" Confederacy


SUMTER [APRIL 12, 1861], by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Came the morning of that day / when the god to whom we pray
Last Line: For the sin!
Variant Title(s): The Twelfth Of April
Subject(s): American Civil War; Fort Sumter, South Carolina; United States - History


THE BATTLE OF CHARLESTON HARBOR, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Two hours, or more, beyond the prime of a blithe april day
Last Line: And thou in clear-eyed faith hast seen god's angels near the guns!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Charleston, South Carolina; Fort Sumter, South Carolina; Holidays; Memorial Day; United States - History; Declaration Day


THE BATTLE OF MORRIS' ISLAND; A CHEERFUL TRAGEDY, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The morn was cloudy and dark and gray
Last Line: Look our for the battle that's yet to come / down there on morris' island
Subject(s): "american Civil War;anderson, Robert (1805-1871);fort Sumter, South Carolina;soldiers;u.s. - History;


THE FIGHT AT SUMTER, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Twas a wonderful brave fight!
Last Line: And a stern retribution / to the south
Subject(s): "american Civil War;fort Sumter, South Carolina;u.s. - History;


TWILIGHT ON SUMTER, by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Still and dark along the sea
Last Line: Hell shall rise in grim derision and make room!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Fort Sumter, South Carolina; U.s. - History