. Old Salamander : the life and naval career of Admiral David Glascoe Farragut. he Runner brave, i ^ow Dressing on with bold design, ^ ? To pass or smk beneath the wave. \ Thick darkness reigns on sea and shore, \ Save when the lightning lumes the air, \ Or Caswells guns of largest bore ?An instant flash with lurid glare. As oer the deep we swiftly fly, The ocean foam our only trail, ; A voice sings out from mainmast high, A sail, off starboard beam, strange sail I ** Amid the clouds now moving free, ?* The lightnings for an instant blaze,And as the gleam illumes the sea, \ Reveals the Runner
. Old Salamander : the life and naval career of Admiral David Glascoe Farragut. he Runner brave, i ^ow Dressing on with bold design, ^ ? To pass or smk beneath the wave. \ Thick darkness reigns on sea and shore, \ Save when the lightning lumes the air, \ Or Caswells guns of largest bore ?An instant flash with lurid glare. As oer the deep we swiftly fly, The ocean foam our only trail, ; A voice sings out from mainmast high, A sail, off starboard beam, strange sail I ** Amid the clouds now moving free, ?* The lightnings for an instant blaze,And as the gleam illumes the sea, \ Reveals the Runner to our gaze. The guns upon our upper deck - Pour out their thunder on the air !— I Wp look to see a helpless wreck, And lo ! no sign of sail is there 1 ~*- 204 LIFE OF ADMIRAL FAEEAGUT. In arms of black squall swiftly borue,The Blockade-Runner flies away ; * Oh, for an hour of smiling morn ! Oh, for a glance of shining day ! * The prize is fled, escaped to sea, And there remains but this to say— That Blockade-chasing seems to moLike hunting pins mong stacks oi havS. CHAPTER XV. Tho Preparation to attack New Orleans—General Butler—Farragut—Progressof the Enterprise—Forts Philip and Jackson—Fire Eafts—The Signal Shell—The Bombardment opens. HIP Island, a sea-girdled sand-bar about eightmiles in length and less than a mile in width,lying on the coast near New Orleans, was madethe rendezvous of the forces which were to moveagainst New Orleans. The forts guarding itwere of course the first object, for when the defences ofa city are gone, it generally falls without further struggleinto the hands of the victors. And you know our Gov-ernment had declared its purpose to recapture the for-tresses of the United States, and unfurl once more theStars and Stripes over them. On this desolate spot the rebels had erected fortifica-tions. The first thing to be done was to get the the Government sent the good steamer Massachusettswith a company of marines to clear the
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