The yell of onset and the piercing groan;
The squadron’s charge, that shook the trembling ground;
The steed’s proud neigh; the long and dying moan.
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These are the first two verses of a long anonymous poem, published by J. and A. Arch, Cornhill, London, 1818.
Elegy, Written in a City Churchyard.
Away from care—apart from earthly toil,
Let’s court the stillness of the silent grave,
Where dwell—within the death-encumbered soil,