CLARA BARTON.

Taken in 1897.

THE RED CROSS FLAG.

“When the smoke of the cannon cleared away we saw the Red Cross flying over the hospital.”

The shot sped out from our serried ships,

Like the sob of a strong man crying;

The sun was veiled as with sudden eclipse,

When the shot sped out from our serried ships,

And England’s flag was flying.

Up from the shore the answer came,