DEAD ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE.
Written by request, and read at Huntington Hall, Memorial Evening Services, 1896.
Dead on the field of battle, the sacrifice complete,
With none to tell the story of that last sublime retreat,
The fearless rush to conquer and the awful price it cost
When riven lines were reeling like a vessel tempest tossed.
Dead on the field of battle, the glowing words inspire
The courage of the hero as he meets the foeman's fire;