This aloe-crowned Dame Centennial!
She comes with shades of days long fled—
Knee-breeched; long silk-stockingèd;
Well-braided queues; bright-buckled shoon
That flash with diamonds; gold galloon
On rebel uniforms of blue—-
A color that this land found true;
Three-cornered hats, and plumes that flew
Through conflicts where men dare and do.
A patriot throng, a gallant host,