Daily national Republican., 1863-06-17

FIr the ruddy nssh and round shot part in thuS-
And ~ F'lsds sSS $ lAs CerSsrOs m.hs sv.rs
with Jun "a ;fsll, IA dsu,A and ssn, and bdAt
But dssp ~ y Sss~S tbs tfsash. '''psds eea
For We have 70 rope with FEARFUL odds, and the
time IL drawing nigh
bannsri our gallant freSs
Amid The pinnFing shells and shot, and plants Il
Up with the 81 shout iOr Putnam comes upon his
with bloody spur and iOsmy bit in haste to join
And PomsrOy, with his snow-whlte hairs, and face
un,o S.d Sy sTsnsS sTa saa Indian wear. youth
But thou whose soul is glowing in the summer Of
UnvasSSishaSls Warren, thou c,hs youngest of
Vert born, and bred and shaped, and made to =,
A.. q, sparrtoe. par, = =.
the hsSTt P's-'N'' - - W
Well may " bark, ye RriaSh wolves with leader.
Not one win fail to follow where they choose TO
lead the way ' .. .f u.
As once before, scsrOs two monthS since, we fol-
And with our Eihss marked the road ys took IL
Ye slsw sloL man in his bed,ys slew, with hand,
Another nursing, and her blood fell on the babe
she nurssd: .a.. .... ..... ...N
By their own door our kinsnen fell and perishsd
But as we hold Rireling's cheap. and dear free
By Tanner brook and LiuoOIn bridge, before th.
:. shut Of sun, ... ... .. -. ..E
We took the nseompenss we claimed--a score for
every onei .. ...
Hsrk from the town trumpet the bargss at
Are sroxtlsd vim the lvins frsisht--snd now
with slsih and glitter, trump and drum, in ali its
Beho'S ~ splendid sacrifice move slowly o'sr the
AAd -" aad still the bargss MI, and stnl across
Like thundsr-clouds along the sky, the hostile
And now they're forming at the Point-Snd now
We see beneath the sultry sun their polished bayo-
We hear s-neSf the tllrObbing drum, the bugle
Quick burst, and loud, the flashing cloud and rolls
But on the height our bIlwmk stands, tremendous
As Sulien as tropic sky, and silent as the tomb.
And 50 we waited-tfn we saw, at scarce tea rifles
The ola ylDdietive Saxon spite, in all Its stubborn
strensth;
When sudden, lssh on aSsh, around the jagged
From every gun the nv light upon the foe AO-
Then qunlled a monarch might before free born
peoples ire;
Then drank the sEard the veterans life, where
swept the ycoman's hrej
Then staggered b. the shot, we saw their serried
And fall falls the bearded rye beneath the reap
er's steel:
And then sryse mighty shout that might have
walked tie dead, ..- .-.L
" Hurrahf thty ruu : tile Held is won! ~ " Hurrah
d. the Zoe ! tledln
And every mSa hath dropped his gun to clutch
neighbor'B hand,
As his heart ept praying al the while for HO me
and Naive Land.
Thrice on that day we stood the shock Of thrice
thousand foes;
And thrice that day within our lines the shout Of
vletOry rose ....
And though our swift fire sackened then, aud red
dening In the skies.
We saw, from ChaFlestOWn's roofs and walls, the
fhmy columns rise;
Yet while we had cartridge LEFT, we still main
tained the hght,
Nor gain cd the foe one foot Of ground upon that
Iblocd-stained height.
What though for US no lAursls bloom nor DER the
homeless brave
No soulptured trophy, scroll, nor hatch, records
wATriorgraVei
What though the day to US was lostf Upon that
The everlasting charter stands for every land and
age
For man hath broke hiA felon honda and cast them
In the dust,
And elsi ed his heritage divine, and jusined the
While through his riftod prison-bsrs the hues Of
freedom pour
Der every nation, race, and cline, gu every sea
and AhOre
Such glories as the patriarch viewed, when, mid
the darkest skies,
He saw, above a ruined world, the Bow of PrOmise
TlAe.