The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-22
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The Invader Of the cannon. aad the STEADY
n smnst svsrs eh hi Ina may Re seen the
WE o. Of car sold .e.s gissa ing Ia the san'
hstsas.sm.a fagsnui dream, through which
ooassr a. aEss aSd.s...a and taking
In 5 :.-id nightmare; or is 1t true tina, on thy
Der Old vfrgin.a, hal ow ID by the blood Of our
Tcrsfstsers. Wills. ho"ed to pnrshase iinEs7F
~. q 40 ssst W n invaders foot Is pressed
With hs inieat CT re ting from US the precious
OF f.rsa,,n. pu-eh ,sed at 80 de,r . price?
AIS It's 40 d cam We may nos shut our eyes
The ps!aesl truth Our men In amor clad.
hesa t. arive from thi, blood vi saed soil those
f.eres invaders. And who a.e they tha', IN the
OF u tic, and Of Heaven. dare attempt the sscri
Thew VIII are pisssei to call us b.c,hren-
Who sc hoe /. wa rm. a, cure un,i' fires,
Who nave with ne broken bread around the hos
who ave woreiipped at our affairs. and been
Into co :, nc on with orr household gods:
TheS n who seek t" crush thee deaf 0'3
Tho 'iiil late hey claimed thee as " Their moth
Aud kindred with thy mighty dead.
They who have fsstened BY thy trade, and have
IN hssp.ng mp riches from commerce with
Thy dsusn'ers OF the sunny south" They are
whow ia make thy valleys run red with the
a Thy valiant sons-who wonld make thy daugh-
And TO thy H,,le ones assign the lot of helpless
Who would isy waste thy fertile feds, and with
Bl lins torch applied to our dwellings, leave
The bare eh'mneys to m ark the spo's of our once
Add Why this mad1eped thirst for Vengeance
Bee 'use ~. dare asse the sacred night be-
An, refuse Union with those We hate and scorn
To snhmi, TO the rnle OF the despot, who now is
With tie power once welded by thy WASHING
TONI
But,he'e is one. Virginia, who claims thee as
Whose eyes opened fret upon the light within
Who ee' NV % lead thy enem es to the slaugh-
ter Of thy loyal sops.
The 7,shi & Of thy daughters, thv utter waste
30 within the little band who waited upcn our
.svior's footsteps.
AID listsn.d the sraeioqs word. which fell.
found Judas Iscariot.
Pierce iashngs of the monitor within
And even amid the spotless throng which sur
Th.Throue OF the Eternal, was found dsaf-
who Tor he .mut'ny he bred" was hurled over
Shining blttensn's which sncrcle the celestial
sphere.
And sinking down into the darkness ofthe low est
ep,
Holds court with FRIENDS.
III protot,ps,f hs grew haired traitor ecoTr,
"h2 ON @ ,n9sa IT Was thy delight to honor" May
Forgai lives may his name and deeds be
bur I'd IN
OBLIVION. and leaving HIM to the justice of an
avenRing God
Emu !. the example of Thy illustrious dead, and
with
The ,,le-cry of " Gire me liberty or gpc dath,"
Bid Thy foes come on-for
Prom h, rude western border, to thy ocean
iav'd shore.
The war or is heard, to be hushed nevermo-e.
The W Is Gnsheathed AID unshea he'd must
r.ma
Till Iii foes all are conquered, or thy sons all
are slain.
yea, BIZ III sm come on-we fear not their might
Tho their numbers be lesi ~ g IL meet them
In Il ut
With banner unfurled not . step will we
yie d,
Till the victory is we're left the field.
And looking o Sod for strength from on high,
Thy son are determ: ned to corquer or die.
Th-n leaving behi i'd than 10 blot on their
mana,
Look proudly to Heaven from the death bed Of
fame