Prayer and volley—let it sound
McPherson’s end.
True fame is his, for life is o’er—
Sarpedon of the mighty war.
At the Cannon’s Mouth.
Destruction of the Ram Albermarle by the Torpedo-Launch.
(October, 1864.)
Palely intent, he urged his keel
Full on the guns, and touched the spring;
Himself involved in the bolt he drove