. The poetical works of Edmund Clarence Stedman. Several of the earlier productions under this title are reprinted in an-swer to frequent requests for copies of them, and in deference to a publicsentiment which received them kindly when they first OCCASIONAL POEMS, SUMTER. APRIL 12, 1871. CAME the morning of that dayWhen the God to whom we prayGave the soul of Henry Clay To the land;How we loved him, living, dying!But his birthday banners flyingSaw us asking and replyingHand to hand. For we knew that far away,Round the fort in Charleston Bay,Hung the dark impending fray, Soon to fal
. The poetical works of Edmund Clarence Stedman. Several of the earlier productions under this title are reprinted in an-swer to frequent requests for copies of them, and in deference to a publicsentiment which received them kindly when they first OCCASIONAL POEMS, SUMTER. APRIL 12, 1871. CAME the morning of that dayWhen the God to whom we prayGave the soul of Henry Clay To the land;How we loved him, living, dying!But his birthday banners flyingSaw us asking and replyingHand to hand. For we knew that far away,Round the fort in Charleston Bay,Hung the dark impending fray, Soon to fall;And that Sumters brave defenderHad the summons to surrenderSeventy loyal hearts and tender, — (Those were all!) 288 OCCASIONAL POEMS. And we knew the April sunLit the length of many a gun, —Hosts of batteries to the one Island crag;Guns and mortars grimly frowning,Johnson, Moultrie, Pinckney, crowning,And ten thousand men disowning The old flag. O, the fury of the fight Even then was at its height! Yet no breath, from noon till night, Reached us here;We had almost ceased to wonder,And the day had faded under,When the echo of the thunder Filled each ear! Then our hearts more fiercely beat,As we crowded on the street,Hot to gather and repeat All
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