Acknowledge aught of dread of Death or foe:
In vain the yell of victory is roared
By the advancing Muscovite—the groan
Of the last foe is echoed by his own.
LXXXVIII.
The bayonet pierces and the sabre cleaves,
And human lives are lavished everywhere,
As the year closing whirls the scarlet leaves[IK]
When the stripped forest bows to the bleak air,
And groans; and thus the peopled city grieves,