Nor could the keenest eye detect
A sign of flinching there;
And when the rebel host came on,
Elate as if from victory won,
“The Union” rent the air.
Then came the fearful tug of strife,
Then Greek met Greek—then life for life—
None pity asked or gave;
’Tis well the smoke conceals the fray—
Too frightful for the eye of day;