Destruction of the Vandal Host at Manassas: A Parody: by J. J. H. (R. R.)
“Abe Lincoln came down like a wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were thirsting for silver and gold,”—
The Devil’s Delight: By John R. Thompson. (Amaranth.)
“To breakfast one morning the Devil came down,
By demons and vassals attended:”—
The Devil’s Visit to Old Abe: Written on the occasion of Lincoln’s proclamation for prayer and fasting after the battle of Manassas: by Reverend E. P. Birch, of La Grange, Ga., Feb. 10, 1862. (Wash’n 52.)
“Old Abe was sitting in his chair of state,
With one foot on the mantel and one on the grate”—
Devotion: Jan. 1863. (Md. Hist. B.)