Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-10

Agnin aud again through his heart and brain
Did the glttering spear points pass'
And forcing ngaP in its fearful fall,
llia body broke through the serred wall,
bleeding and manged mass
At the instant. hundred friends and more,
Pressed on in the bloody track
On-on they rushed, with their triumph flushed,
Nor wavcred, nor turned them back;
But hand to hand with the men Mt
They dealing blow for blow,
And knight, and mobiles were stricken down
by thehcavy club of the Alpine clown
The despiscd and nsulted foe
On the ruthless foes of their nnd roce
Dire vengeance they took that day.
For insult and wrong endured for long,
And which blood could moi W ipe away;
For rnvagcd fields and for houscess nights,
In the depth of the winters cold
For plundcred home, and for murdered child
The savage feats Of warfare Wild
And for deed that may not be told.
And on-and on, in resstless waves,
They rolled With a rush mud roar
Like the sullen sound OF the breakers bound
On the rugged and stubborn shore;
Ger the PROSTATE ranks of the flying foe,
Der the dying and dead they poured;
Whilst ever ugainst tho victorious tide.
The Austrian banner with cnrnnge dyed,
Was waving nloft in its wonted pride,
As in scorn of the robble horde
And Leopold-bound by solemn oath
10 perish or win The day
With his weapon bare, lifted high in the air
Plunged deep in the fearful frny
''ro the rescue, no! 1t isl" he cried,
1--WE yield not to such foe, -
When 10 the club of stalwatt clown
On his rrcst descended and smote him down,
With a swift aud uncrrng blow.
And far and wide from the Scmpach's side
The marvellous rumor flew,
That the Austrinn host had been routed and turned
And scattered the country through;
To the anxious watchers in sacred Lncerne
Al sunset the tilings came;
And the streets were astir with the old and young,
The gates were open aud the bells were rung,
And with greatful hosannas both loud and long.
They remembered the God, in the evening song.
Who raises the weak and confounds the strong,
Pruise--praise to Ills holy name
And 10 tranquil Stluiz, the deepening shade,
Drew iii, stars forth one by one,
The news was brought of the victory bought
With the life of her bravest
There was weeping that night in the peaceful house
OF Arnold of Wnkclried;
And ths hour of mourning EN- there was brief,
And tran sient the wife and the mothers grief,
When she heard Of the glorious deed.
The color rushed to her pnllid fnce,
Anditbrightened and beamed with unwonted grace
And she kissed her boys with n mothers pride,
And told them with tears how thel father died.
In the peaceful town where his glorious names
Has cast heroic spell;
Where the summer skies and the maden's eyea
Are brighter than bnrd mny tell;
tme-worn statue perhaps may meet
The wayfarel's careless eye,
OF n knight who holds with fcryont clasp
bundle of spears in his stalwart grasp
Let him pause ere he passes by,
And think of the men who ut duty's call
Huve cheerfully rsked or surrendered all;
OF those who in days we have left behind
When men were more earnest of heart and mind,
BY the life hid down, or the peril dared,
With n fnith serene and u soul prepared,
HIVE shown in examples which cannot die,
Where the greatness and glory of Manhood lie.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.-Sectic
~ IL of the charter of ~ he Lynchburg and Abin