Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-27

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From fair Virginia 8
To Texas sanct plains
Nav. glory to the Southern
THAI crnshed the Northern foe,
Tho, swcnt awsy their gathered hosts,
And LAID their banners lowl
1nnc wave our Southern Standard
DER hearts that never yell;
like those who won the victory
On proud Manassas FIELD!
The summer sun rose gloriously
Tbs. peaceful Sabbath morn,
Der wooded till, aud verdant vale,
And felds,os waving corn.
30 solemn bell was telling out
4 welcome to the day
But there, upon the tented plain,
Ou7 quiet army lay;
When sudden psaled the bugle's blast,
And rolled the stormy drum,
And swiftly ran from man to man,
Tie foe! they eohae!! shey GOMEZ
oh, there we're quick and stern commands,
And hurried mounting then!
Uprose our gallant offers,
Ups9rang our eager men!
Escu nes7t alike Of young and old,
Beat high with martial zeal,
As We eau ut upon the distant hills
The CLEAN Of Yankee steel.
4 ii. silently and slowly,
o IL serricd ranks fell back;
W.ule onward, marching to their doom,
Tney followed in our track.
At length u destined point is won
TIE order vi obey,
Aad silently Jul ranks defle,
And form in war array.
There stands the h~oary.hsaded sire
Beside his stalTart son;
4 I'd there the you.h, elate as though
Eos victory were won;
Wnils on,each manly vlsage,
In every earnest eye,
Is writ the S ern resolve.
To conquer or 10 die!
1t was a great and glorious sight,
That dazzling sammer day,
A, lace TO lace those arnlss STOOD
Ia uii their proud array!
There stretched their lines OF infantry
ln rows Of glitterirg steel,
Ard thund.r,ug Ger The echoing plains
Oar iery troopers wheel;
Wuile on each crowded emlnence
We marked with eager ey es,
Defended tIoIt, u d haIk, aud rear,
Their boosted batteries.
NV comes q brief, expectaut pause
4 nush OF solemn awe -
When sudden trom their cannon peaied
The thut.der notes vi WG!
We stovj is STONY Statues STAND.
AID scarcely dIeT 6 breath,
Wnuie thick am 4 our columns few
The messengers Of death.
We gripped our sheathen sabres,
We Ieih.d our chargers hard
AMI looked u where brave Johnston stood,
Aud gallant Bsauregard-
No" oulck-de6hag, right and Jeff,
rosir infantry came OIL
Wn-n sudden, On our distant hlnk,
Out pesled the signal gun!
AID rs from OUT the broodlt:S cloud
,fhe tempest's wrath is poured,
So, 'mid the wh!riing sulphur clouds,
Our cannon flashed aud roaEed
Ra..k alter rank is swept away,
Yet still their numbers swell
A~ibousaud rushing 10 the oreach
Where but u hundred tell
As pour the angry ocean. waves
On Nova Scotia'S banks,
So downward rushed that Northern horde
Upon our serried ranks.
A stands against the tempest nj got
G!brsltar's living rock,
So s,ood cur gallant Sou!heTnecs
Tv lnec, the mighty shock.
The earth beneath us tTeDbled,
and clouds obscured the sun ;
He srrmi d ,u' pause, and gaze aghasL
AS once ut Aialon.
Nuw fast as falling hail.stoneS-"
Their shot around Us pour
With DIN Of clashlns bayonets,
And %clnn0h's laundering roar.
And thrice their br,stilng ranks advance,
And thric. before us yield,
Til lot 20 loot, and hand TO hand,
We grappls On the field.
They s!pwiy closed around US
They wrap Us 10 their coil ;
ard Southern hood is poured IKE rain
Upou the Southern soil
DOWN come their fierce artillery,
Own come their fiery Zouaves
Aidt~o ~ three, each Southern arm
4 path before him carYes.
But halk !! the signal Of retreat
And stubbornly and slow
Our gallant remnant back ward falls,
Snli fighting ss they go;
Stall tigniing-soue with mapgled hands,
Aid some With glazing eyes
Mt one Of sll the dying, yields,
Or Of the living, aies.
H. ! courage, noble comrades
Not ct Tie day is lost
Fur see. upon the dusty bills,
Yon downward rushing host
Two weary leagues, that summer day,
10 the quickly-tining drum,
Th, u,h binding dust, and burning heat,
Unwear'edly they come!
No, Ebay to tho rescue !H
y" pause or rest they know,
Br charge with lsvelled bayoueis
Upon the shrit king foe |
Again in deadly cor d.ct
Oar scattered numbers close;
When. high above the battles din,
a u,ighty shout arose!
NV g,apped foemen loose their hold,
AID gsze Nth eager eye
Nrosc was that signal Of defeat,
Aot whose the victory?
.'Hurra! hurra ~ the mighty shout
The very sk'es might stun
"Caarge Capa"ryl tho day is cure!
Their batteries arc iovn =
With sabrps q sizing overhead,
With wildly flowing rein,
4 Thousand gallant horsensn
Are Numbering Ger the plain
We, woe utt, the n 'rthern 5urdes
In that iefr &c hour
Tire, a., as b-e the suEumn leaves
3 fne the lsmpest's power.
Tier foot are ssapt befure them,
Aud horse End rider reel,
A. right and left, in Southern hands,
flashes the Southern steel.
o.. on! W gallint ~victors,
And press your charges hard
For o;.der leads our PreSid INT,
And noble Beauregard
"Harra! jo- gallant Da0is."
The d, iug strain their eyes,
Ard fecoly join the mighty shout
Tina, rends the very skies
"Uarra !" the foe is Tanqrisbed
Their scattered numbers yield
And proudly aoats our Southern flag
Abuve Manassas field!