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,