But oh! how could I then have e’er thought”—
The Turtle: (E. V. M.)
“Caesar, afloat with his fortunes!
And all the world agog!”—
The Twelfth Star: Kentucky seceded in convention assembled at Mayfield. By Kentucky, October, 1861. (S. O. S.)
“Kentucky’s the twelfth Star. Now she is great,
Greatest in her forgetfulness of self;”—
A Twilight Prayer: Written in the dark, Whitsunday morning, after Beast Butler’s infamously famous order had been promulgated in New Orleans. By Kentucky. (S. O. S.)
“God of Battles, hear and save us,
From the foes who would enslave us!”—