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Article: Donelson.(Poems)(Poem)
- Article from:
- Leviathan
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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Donelson
(FEBRUARY, 1862)
THE bitter cup
Of that hard countermand
Which gave the Envoys up,
Still was wormwood in the mouth,
And clouds involved the land,
When, pelted by sleet in the icy street,
About the bulletin-board a band
Of eager, anxious people met,
And every wakeful heart was set
On latest news from West or South.
"No seeing here;" cries one--"don't crowd"--
"You tall man, pray you, read aloud."
IMPORTANT.
We learn that General Grant,
Marching from Henry overland,
And joined by a force up the Cumberland sent
(Some thirty thousand the command),
On Wednesday a good position won--
Began the ...
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