“As I rode down to Manassas one day,
With heart light as air and spirit so gay,”—
Conquered: By F. B. (W. F.)
“Like the bird who sings at midnight,
I am lone,”—
The Conquered Banner: By Moina. [The Reverend J. A. Ryan, of Knoxville, Diocese of Nashville, Tenn.]: music by A. E. Blackmar. (E. V. M. from the Freeman’s Journal, June 24, 1865.)
“Furl that banner for ’tis weary
Round its staff ’tis drooping dreary;”—
The Conscription Bill: (S. L. M., April, ’62.)
“Let us hail in this crisis the prosperous omen