The ballad of Manila Bay and other verses . denly the floating colors drag Among the dead, and then are lost to view. But with a shout a bearded captain sprangTo snatch the colors, lifting them on high — 30 And to his wavering soldiers * forward rang. Alas, alas ! it was his farewell cry;Three bullets in the air his death-song sang. Ill Now range the Northern victors oer the field; And stretched beside a flag a captain lay ;His hand the staff unwilling yet to yield, His cheek fresh-scarred, two fingers shot away —The last nights wandering captain lay revealed. Those Northern brothers in a sepa
The ballad of Manila Bay and other verses . denly the floating colors drag Among the dead, and then are lost to view. But with a shout a bearded captain sprangTo snatch the colors, lifting them on high — 30 And to his wavering soldiers * forward rang. Alas, alas ! it was his farewell cry;Three bullets in the air his death-song sang. Ill Now range the Northern victors oer the field; And stretched beside a flag a captain lay ;His hand the staff unwilling yet to yield, His cheek fresh-scarred, two fingers shot away —The last nights wandering captain lay revealed. Those Northern brothers in a separate graveThis flag-wrapt hero laid to slumbers deep. An inscribed headstone showing him how brave ;And sent the letter, lost in helpless sleep. To her whose love the selfsame letter gave. But hope deferred, slow-crushing to despair. Her prayerful heart had stilled to sudden peace; And two high souls, in some diviner air. Were home again, where breaking sorrows cease. And those who wait are crowned with those who dare. 31 COLLEGE VERSE. A. A. STAGG THE BALLAD OF THE PIGSKIN To A. A. Stagg When the crowd has cheered the hostile teams andthe band has played its best, And roaring rooters warmed the lungs within thecoldest breast ; When hat and cane and flag and feet have markedeach rolling shout, And the coin has told its little tale and the whistlesounded out— Then the untried slippery pigskin lies at rest upon theground, And silence wraps the people with expectancy pro-found. O the kick off and the tackle and the sudden-footedpunt,And the stillness of the players on a down ;And the plunging and the lunging in the swayingbattles brunt,And the megaphonic cries of town and gown! 35
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