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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ZOLLICOFFER, by HENRY LYNDEN FLASH First Line: First in the fight, and first in the arms Last Line: Dead on the field of glory! Subject(s): American Civil War; Somerset, Kentucky, Battle Of (1862); United States - History; Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk (1812-1862) | |||
FIRST in the fight, and first in the arms Of the white-winged angels of glory, With the heart of the South at the feet of God, And his wounds to tell the story; For the blood that flowed from his hero heart, On the spot where he nobly perished, Was drunk by the earth as a sacrament In the holy cause he cherished! In Heaven a home with the brave and blessed, And for his soul's sustaining The apocalyptic eyes of Christ -- And nothing on earth remaining, But a handful of dust in the land of his choice A name in song and story -- And fame to shout with immortal voice Dead on the field of Glory! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLAG by HENRY LYNDEN FLASH THE GALLANT FIFTY-ONE by HENRY LYNDEN FLASH ON A PORTRAIT OF WORDSWORTH BY B.R. HAYDON by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE RAVEN; A CHRISTMAS TALE, TOLD BY A SCHOOL-BOY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE DAYS TOO SHORT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES DOCTOR FELL by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS NEARER by ROBERT MALISE BOWYER NICHOLS A SNOWFLAKE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH REALISM by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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