“Delenda est Carthago.”

The fiat has gone forth—the storm

Evokes the millions with its sound,

Who yon dear Union flag surround,

And point to slavery’s form;

Then, drowning the deep thunder’s roar,

They swell the cry from shore to shore,

“Delenda est Carthago.”

What strongholds ’neath their torrent fell,

Let Donelson and Henry tell;