Inscribed to Lieut. A. C. Calkins, 21st (Buffalo) Reg’t, N. Y. S. V.

Air—America.

Still is the mighty host,

Each sentry at his post,

’Tis midnight’s hour:

There on my pallet low,

My brain on fire—aglow

With scenes of long-ago—

Entrancing power!

Home of my boyhood’s hours,