The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21
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Bunker Hill.
(By Reauest.)
(From the Knickerboc ker.)
Is AN 9sI3ATiIAD.s 81

1T was starry night In June; 81 the air;
was soft and stil 53 55S
When tho minute men, from Cambridge
came and gathered on the hill: ssssSs
BeneatilSus hay the sleeping town, around
US fro wned he & fleet,
But the pulse OF freemen. not Of slaves,
Il within our bosoms beat; 4
And every heart rose, high with hope,
as rlessly We said lls
81 will be- numb red with the free, or
a85# numbered with the dead 49,
Bring OH lie line to mark the trench,
and stretch 1t on the sWard! ssfs IS ~
The trench is nlarked--th he @ tools are
ssA Y 3brought-we ut ter not q word
But sta * our guns, hen fall to work,
s ;s3 with mat took and with spade,
sAsthousand men with slnewy arms, and
not a sound is made
So still were we. the stars beneath, that
sst scarce a whisper fell #
We heard the red coats musket click,
and heard him cry 4: X al Is well
And here and there o. t1inkllng port.
5s reflected on the deep, III
In many a wa w s had ow siowed their
sullen guns asleep. 3S
Sleep on thou Bloody llireling crew; In
careless slumber 81 lie; ri Si n
The trench Is growing broad and deep,
the 5brea stWork v broad and high:
No striplings we, but bear tho arms that
,is held tho French in check,
The drum beat a Y IIouisburg, Il and thun-
dered in Quebec! Is
And thou, whose promise is 4 deceit, n Q
And dea + to us thy presence lssas hearts
blood TO the heart g
Well may We bark, We British wolves !!
s with LEADERS such as they, s3fssia
Not one will fail to follow where they
choose to lead the way
SAs2once before. scarce Two months since.
we followed on your tracks.
And with our rifles marked the road ye
took in going back. q "a sS$
SYe slew a sick man In his bed 80 slew.
with hands accursed:
3A mother nursing ana her blood fell
on the babe she nursed;
by their own doors our kinsman fell and
persisted An he strife; s
But as NO hold !. a hil'eling's cheap. and
dear n freeman'sf HE. y
by Tanner, Brooks and Lincoln bridge,
before the sheet Of sun,
We took tho recompense we Claimed
SCORE for every one! sS
Hark! from the trumpcts 1! the barges
FIs at the wharf !3.s a;l
Are crowded with tho living freight and
4 now they're pushing OFF,
With clash and glitter. trump and drum,
In all It's br light nrraY Is
Behold the splendid sacri flee move slowly
,er the bay s3 i.
And still and still y the barges Ill, and
9s still across the deep,
Like thunder-clouds along the sky, he
hostile transports sweep,
And now they're forming NJ the point
md NOW the lines advances 2 II.
41Ye see beneath the 5sultry sun their
polished hayonets glance;
We hear Fa-,tear the throbblng dru The
bugle challenge ring;
Quick hurst anu loud. the flashing
cloud, and rolls from wing to Wins; ;
hut on the height our bulWark stands;
tremendous in its gloom. Ssa 81 4.
AS sui as ~ tropic sk ana silent az
a tomb, III
And SO we waited till we saw, at scarce
VII more thy word well trust s5s
Thou butcher gage! thy powers and thee
wc'll humble IN the dust u,
Thou and thy tory minister have beast
sisl ~ % thy brood.
,sTha lintels OF the faithful shall no
sprnkled will our blood n
hut though these alls those lintels be.