The Oxford falcon. [volume] (Oxford, Miss.) 1865-18??, 1866-06-14

A FINE POE IA.


From the Richmond, (va,) Enquirer.
The following poetic version pl nremarlnhlo
and Well-Femembered incident in one 81 the
wilderness hghts, "a from the pen Of our former
fellow citizen, John r. Thompson, now residing
IN London. Il was written fOr aud appears In
The Crescent honthlys
LEE TO THE REAR.
Dawn Of . pleasant morning IN May
Broke through the Wilderness cool and gray,
while perched In the tallest tree-topa. the birds
Were oarolling Memberships Songs without
words
Far from the haunts Of men remote,
The brook brawled on with alllquid note,
And nature, all tranquil aud lovely, wore
TIE smile Of the spring. as In nden Of yore.
little by little, as daylight increased,
and doepened the roseak fush IN the East
Little By little. did morning reveal
Two long glittering lines Of steel.
Where two hundred thousand bayonets CLEAN,
Tipped with the light Of the earliest beam,
And the faces are sullen and grim 70 see,
In the hostile armies Of 0arnt aod Lee.
All Of sudden, ere roe the sun.
PeAled on the silence the opening gun,
A little white put Of smoke there came,
N@N@
Down on the leit OF the rebel lines.
Where q bueostwoTk stands In q cOpse Of pines,
Before the rebels their ranks can form,
The Yankees have carried the place By storm.
starS'and Stripes DER The salient wave,
Where many a hero has found q grave;
And the gala 4 COnfederatcs strive In vain
The ground they have drenched with their blood
to regaini
Yet louder the thunder Of battle roared-
Yet deadlier fire on their columns poured
Slaughter. internal, rode With Despair,
Furiss twain, through the smoky air.
Not far OF, IN the saddle there sat,
A gAy~bearded man, with black aloRch hat;
Rot much moved BY the hre was be-,
Calm and resolute Robert Lee,
Quick and watchfnl, be kept his eve
On two bold rebel brigades close by
Reserves, that were standing land dyiDg) at ease,
where the tempest OF wrath toppled over the trees
For sim with their loud, deep, bull>dog bay,
The Yankee batteries bazed away:
And with every murderous sound that sped
A dozen brave fellows, Alasl fell dead.
The grand old Rray>beard rode 10 the space,
Where Death and his victims stood face 10 face.
world Of meaning there was in thatl
Follow mel Steady Wen save the dayrr
This was what be seemed to say:
And 70 the light OF bis glorious eye
The bold brigades thus made reply:
Wen 20 forward, but You must 20 back
And they. moved not an inch in the perilou
track;
Go 70 the rear and wen send them 70 h-p
Then the sound Of the battle vas lost in thei
yell.
Turning his bride Robert Lee
Rode to the rear. Like the waves Of the sea
Bursting the dykes In their overflow,
hadly his veterans dashed on the foe.
And backward IN terror that foe was driven.
Their bannersrent and columns riven.
wherever the tice Of battle rolled,
over the wilderness, wood and void.
Sunset out Of q crimson SHY,
stfeamed DER field Of q Huddier dive.
And the brook ran on with purple stain
FROM tue blood OF ten thousand foemen slain.
Seasons have passed since that day and YEAR
Again DER It's pebbles the brook runs clear.
And the field in a richer green l. drest
Where The dead Of the terrible conflict rest.
flushed is the roll Of the rebel drum.
The sabres are sheathed and the cannon dun,b.
And Fate, with pittiless hand has furled
Inc nag That once challenged the gaze OF u
world -
But the fame Of the Wilderness fight abides /:
md dowr In history grandly rides.1
Calm and unmoved. o. in battle he sat.
Inc Grey-bearded man, In the black SLOUGH ha