Virginia. A Sonnet.
Grandly thou fillest the world's eye to-day, My proud Virginia! When the gage was thrown - The deadly gage of battle - thou, alone, Strong in thy self-control, didst stoop to lay The olive-branch thereon, and calmly pray We might have peace, the rather. When the foe Turned scornfully upon thee, - bade thee go, And whistled up his war-hounds, then - the way Of duty full before thee, - thou didst spring Into the centre of the martial ring - Thy brave blood boiling, and thy glorious eye, Shot with heroic fire, and swear to claim Sublimest victory in God's own name, - Or, wrapped in robes of martyrdom, - to die!
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