. Sanitary Fair gazette . YoL L JSTo. 14. CLEVELAND, MARCH 9,1861 Price 5 Cts. THE Geo. H. Boker. Who has not heard of the dauntless Varuna ?Who has not heard of the deeds she has done ?Who shall not hear, while the brown Mississ-ippiRushes along from the snow to the sun ! Crippled and leaking she entered the battle,Sinking and burning she fought through the fray,Crushed were her sides and the waves ran across her,Ere like a death-wounded lion at bay,Sternly she closed in the last fatal grapple,Then in her triumph moved grandly away. Five of the rebels, like satellites, round her,Bur
. Sanitary Fair gazette . YoL L JSTo. 14. CLEVELAND, MARCH 9,1861 Price 5 Cts. THE Geo. H. Boker. Who has not heard of the dauntless Varuna ?Who has not heard of the deeds she has done ?Who shall not hear, while the brown Mississ-ippiRushes along from the snow to the sun ! Crippled and leaking she entered the battle,Sinking and burning she fought through the fray,Crushed were her sides and the waves ran across her,Ere like a death-wounded lion at bay,Sternly she closed in the last fatal grapple,Then in her triumph moved grandly away. Five of the rebels, like satellites, round her,Burned in her orbit of splendor and fear ;One like a pleiad of mystical story,Shot,terror-stricken,beyond her dread sphere. We, who are waiting with crowns for the vic-tors,Though we should offer the wealth of our storeLoad the Veruna from deck down to kelson,Still would be niggard, such tribute to pourOn courage so boundless. It beggars poss-ession,It knocks for just payment at Heavens brightdoor! Cherish the heroes who fou
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