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by Unknown

Earth’s clouds and changes change not thee,

And thou—and thou,—grim, giant thing,

Cause of my glory and my pain,—

Farewell, unfathomable main!

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THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.

BY THEODORE O’HARA.

Born in Danville, Kentucky, 1820; died in Alabama, 1867. This famous poem was written in honor of a comrade of the author, a Kentucky soldier, who fell mortally wounded in the battle of Buena Vista.

HE muffled drum’s sad roll has beat