Excerpt from Ulysses S. Grant, the Citizen, the Soldier, the Statesman
Not )ythe ball or brand Sped by a mortal hand, Not by the lighning-stroke When fiery tempest broke, Not mid the ranks of war Fell the great Conqueror. II. Unmoved, undismayd, In the crash and carnage of the cannonade, Eye that dimmed not, hand that failed not, Brain that swerved not, heart that quailed not, 8 teel nerve, iron form. The dauntless spirit that oerruled the storm. III. While the Hero peaceful slept A foeman to his chamber crept, Lightly to the slumberer came, Touched his brow and breathed his name: Oer the stricken form there passed Suddenly an icy blast. IV. The Hero woke: rose undismayd: Saluted Death and sheathed his blade. V.The Conqueror of a hundred fields To a mightier Conqueror yields; No mortal foemans blow Laid the great Soldier low; Victor in his latest breath Vanciuished but by death. Francis F.Browne.
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