New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-19

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y AREAT FIGHT OF THE EAGLE
ND THE COPPERHEAD.
y thern mountains stern, snowman.
:, led peaks,
: loftiest pines of darkest green
y J, par loud,
!, Wing storm responds to thunder
I. Ial,
% q 10 rise a solitary summit bleak
=. Widest beast or boldest man De'er
2. lmbed.
;S throne-like there was built so high
A' tindled scenes below in vagueness
'H be,
N u in silent majesty alone
m m, bly, bird of free America,
<. < d republics warlike sentinel.
Al he eyrie slept his noble brood,
nd e of freedom and of human kind;
n with devious coilings, stealingly
n deep, miry bed where darkness
lpH bows dismal, deadly swamps,
md Dis'nous teens wild vegetation rank,
~ eks of evil birds re-echo far,
2 belly creeping out was kenn'd
fSi copperhead, as blind as foul.
rs wled the crafty fiend that tempted
IS IS
\, Y height, the eagles royal nest,
n espied-not daring to ascend
'S eSS slow till hunger's smart impelld;
hh tried hard to reach the prey, but
nd ce
lH iS g fell; with bruised head abash'd,
n. again, emboldened by the lord
DP veless, silent, stood observer keen;
sE M rolled, all torn and bleeding fast,
ia rock to rock rebounding down
g Tooped the eagle fierce, as lightning
r.s5 III;
n ~ ng snake recoils, quick to evade,
ID in vain to hide in brambles thick;
ay' e, breaking through the thorny
caa h,
9 the unwilling foe, entangled close,
Ar lcing feels elastic rings dilate;
. m our grasp slips down the Shiny
: 4 shing wings and ruffled plumage,
suA links
Tra be kingly bird, by contact chilled
" pring-like, coils, with fiattening
G~ {. |, d
2o,i z, odshot eyes, the venom.swOllen
I !. q ke.
jhit iii to face, they watch, unmoved by
ssT sS q
BY on his foe to rush and strike,
ON ep with mangliDg fangs or deadly
Fl IA g.
@, 2; int sly, more subtle, plant, quick,
New seized in hard contracting orbs,
and md & 10 free and wings and taloni
Syn rp,
sOch IS now, all soiled with gore and
,s:!s n ed, he drags him on, near to hi
aysi iSat ut;
ph trails through fens and oozl
g at J.
Rom 8G be eagle powerless bore his shame
?, " of such tortuous, crawling fight
NJ, ouds of dust his eyes had 81
On. immed,
2 ns U!s =; bould see no more the reptile foul
liiao felt constructing icy rings
ut b as dragged, and the proud sinuou
for i
IRE: IRhLs hed his subterranean, gloom!
BIZ e;
rain si1 lhe heavenly champion was aware
s:a 4; raining with his mighty wings q
angled from tn eneircling snake,
q sUE Tit widened loose, shook off ant
t. heed,
leneC pn high in aerial realms of light
p Z; b now in azure battlefield
IIIS nSsi she Eagle crawling sightless Tough
Pslml 3, & light the flying snake must fight
&c Cd ponvulsive, kissing, now combat
rSst rSS Is. or there expire unstrugglingly
lnfrightful sky, prolong the strife
ping from earth dead poisons can HI
, $3.50
'Ina Reot wearied, tearing all the scales
rQHd. sis Ioosen'd orbs, unspringy now
| sli ing victor borne in regions pure
scipsi d the dragon breathless looks be,
ara b;
ensisr us earthly cave obscure, alott
mis- tr es faint and there expires at last
]. 3 cradle has become a tomb!
, 81 beheld, o Sun, the great conflict
ros1ins cye the clouds, in welkin bright
S sS: king Eagle crowned midst thun
oltsl
-. q; beheld his vanquished enemy,
49,. 80. Il 4: er dead, the lifeless oopperhead
-. corpse thrown in a lofty nest
banquet for a wsrlike brood!
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