MANASSAS.

July 21, 1861.

By CATHERINE M. WARFIELD.

Theyhave met at last—as storm-cloudsMeet in heaven,And the Northmen back and bleedingHave been driven:And their thunders have been stilled,And their leaders crushed or killed,And their ranks with terror thrilled,Rent and riven!Like the leaves of VallambrosaThey are lying;In the moonlight, in the midnight,Dead and dying:Like those leaves before the gale,Swept their legions, wild and pale;While the host that made them quailStood, defying.When aloft in morning sunlightFlags were flaunted,And "swift vengeance on the rebel"Proudly vaunted:Little did they think that nightShould close upon their shameful flight,And rebels, victors in the fight,Stand undaunted.But peace to those who perishedIn our passes!Light be the earth above them;Green the grasses!Long shall Northmen rue the dayWhen they met our stern array,And shrunk from battle's wild affrayAt Manassas.

Theyhave met at last—as storm-cloudsMeet in heaven,And the Northmen back and bleedingHave been driven:And their thunders have been stilled,And their leaders crushed or killed,And their ranks with terror thrilled,Rent and riven!

Like the leaves of VallambrosaThey are lying;In the moonlight, in the midnight,Dead and dying:Like those leaves before the gale,Swept their legions, wild and pale;While the host that made them quailStood, defying.

When aloft in morning sunlightFlags were flaunted,And "swift vengeance on the rebel"Proudly vaunted:Little did they think that nightShould close upon their shameful flight,And rebels, victors in the fight,Stand undaunted.

But peace to those who perishedIn our passes!Light be the earth above them;Green the grasses!Long shall Northmen rue the dayWhen they met our stern array,And shrunk from battle's wild affrayAt Manassas.

(Southern.)


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