. The American epic . groans that fill the airIs this Dahomey, Turkey, or Fiji?No. Washington in boyhood trod this Patrick Henrys grateful countrymenEscorted him tward Philadelphia,When he had driven Dunmore from the now I trium2:)h! triumph even here!Ive led a few fanatical, rash menTo fire the sections with intensest by that hatred turned to bitternessThe richest gifts bestowed upon mankind;Their noblest virtues vices have become;Their excellences lead them down to Point has trained them for my hellish work,Their education fits them for my
. The American epic . groans that fill the airIs this Dahomey, Turkey, or Fiji?No. Washington in boyhood trod this Patrick Henrys grateful countrymenEscorted him tward Philadelphia,When he had driven Dunmore from the now I trium2:)h! triumph even here!Ive led a few fanatical, rash menTo fire the sections with intensest by that hatred turned to bitternessThe richest gifts bestowed upon mankind;Their noblest virtues vices have become;Their excellences lead them down to Point has trained them for my hellish work,Their education fits them for my courage dooms them to the grave;Their hoarded wealth prolongs the dreadful fight;Superior skill provides most deadly arms;And piety makes conscience drive them onTo deeds that hell itself might blush to war no longer; it is hatred crazedAnd armed against the best of all the had not dared to hope for such resultsFrom my most cherished, sanguinary me, Mars, about this last campaign. (181).. (182) M^CLELLAN DISMISSED, 183 Mars. At Cedar Mountain Jackson routed Banks;Then, hastning to Manassas, captured trainsAnd troops and stores beyond all estimate;Fighting at Bull Run and at Centerville,And fighting at Chantilly, caused the flightOf Pope and his whipped troops to , at his own request, he was army, added to McClellans force,Followed the fortunes of that careful chief,Who hurried back to trembling Washington,And calmed the fears of Stanton and his August ended, Lee began againTo seek for enemies in Maryland—His men took Frederick, and passing onWithout resistance entered , at Harpers Ferry, captured MilesAnd his twelve thousand men, with arms and stores;Then hastened to join Lee at Antietam,Where, after four days fighting, Lee a drawn battle, where each army lostMore than ten thousand men and nothing On to Richmond ! was the cry againOf millions armed with very sha
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