Cedar creek- a poem (1901) (14577933307)

Identifier: cedarcreekpoem00polh (find matches)
Title: Cedar creek: a poem
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Polhamus, William Henry Harrison
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Publisher: Cleveland, O., The Imperial press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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Oh! flag, that would make us bankrupt,But that thy folds are priceless.
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n r 4 Vw\ Pr¥/ !1 3 CEDAR CREEK. Confronting each other hke tigers at bay,Two war-battered armies in grim silence lay,•Crost the Shenandoah Valley that October day.These veterans were all that that word can imply;And as brave as the bravest ot men.When duty demanded, they feared not to die,But faced the dread monster with colors flung high,And a firm martial tread and undaunted eyeThey had done it again and again. The flower of this nation met there that day,In that army in blue and army in gray.And took their position in battle array.Of every advantage each sought to make most. And wheeld into their places full soon ;But as evening closed in, round each battle-scard host, ^ u f And drew down its shades, with the stealth ot a ghost.All semblance of enmity seemed to be lost.While they slept neath a pale waning moon. 15 There, prone on the ground, neath the stars of the night,Lay the sturdy and brave in dream-visions bright,Nor reckd what might come, ere the dawns early Hght. Twelve