And blood is quick, and quick the brain;
Shall North and South their rage deplore,
And reunited thrive amain
Like Yorkist and Lancastrian?
Running the Batteries,
As observed from the Anchorage above Vicksburgh.
(April, 1863.)
A moonless night—a friendly one;
A haze dimmed the shadowy shore
As the first lampless boat slid silent on;