’Tis he whose life, though a vapor’s wreath,

Was charged with the lightning’s burning breath—

Stonewall, stormer of the war.

But who shall hymn the roman heart?

A stoic he, but even more:

The iron will and lion thew

Were strong to inflict as to endure:

Who like him could stand, or pursue?

His fate the fatalist followed through;

In all his great soul found to do