. A gallop among American scenery; or, Sketches of American scenes and military adventure . uture generations tell, the bloody story of thebattle field. All here shall rest; the old man, his silver hairs in quiet,and the wailing babe in sweet repose; the strong fromfierce conflict with fiery disease, and bowing submissively,the poor pallid invalid, the old, the young, the strong, thebeautiful, all here shall rest in deep and motionless repose. May that Being, Infinite and Glorious—Unseen—shroud-ed from our vision in the vast and awful mists of immeasur-able Eternity! Creator ! throned in splen
. A gallop among American scenery; or, Sketches of American scenes and military adventure . uture generations tell, the bloody story of thebattle field. All here shall rest; the old man, his silver hairs in quiet,and the wailing babe in sweet repose; the strong fromfierce conflict with fiery disease, and bowing submissively,the poor pallid invalid, the old, the young, the strong, thebeautiful, all here shall rest in deep and motionless repose. May that Being, Infinite and Glorious—Unseen—shroud-ed from our vision in the vast and awful mists of immeasur-able Eternity! Creator ! throned in splendor inconceivable,mid millions and countless myriads of worlds, which stillrushing into being at his thought, course their majestic cir-cles, chiming in obedient grandeur glorious hymns of praise;God of Wisdom, that hast caused the ethereal spark to mo-mentarily light frail tenements of clay ; grant, that in theterrors of final dissolution, we may meet the splendor ofthe opening Heavens with steadfast gaze, and relying on hislove, in ecstasy, still cry—Where—Where, then isDeath?. APPENDIX. CONTENTS. Note to the Resurrectionists.—Ghost in the Grave Yard. Old Kennedy, No. i.—Lieutenant Somers. Old Kennedy, No. III.— The Parting Blessing. Old Kennedy, No. IV.—Explosion at Craney Island. Greenwood Cemetery. Night Attack on Fort Erie—The Ofificers Saber. Lundys Lane—Rainbow of the Cataract. The Day after the Battle. The two Sergeants. Death of Captain Hull. Scotts Brigade. Death of Captain Spencer. Lake George.—Attack on Fort Ticonderoga.* Bass Fishing.—Crew of the Essex frigate. Mutiny on board the Essex. Long Island Sound.—New England Traditions. APPENDIX. Note to the Resjirrcctionists.—GhoST IN THE GRAVEYard.—In New-England most of the burying-grounds, asthey are called, are at some distance from the villages, andgenerally neglected and rude in their appearance, frequentlyovergrown with wild, dank weeds, and surrounded byrough stone walls. Dr. W., a
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