- Charge Of "the Black-horse"
Our columns are broken, defeated, and fled;
We are gathered, a few from the flying and dead,
Where the green flag is up and our wounded remain
Imploring for water and groaning in pain.
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- The Legend Of The Falls[cg]
Read at the Celebration of the Old Settlers of Hennepin County, at the Academy of Music, Minneapolis, July 4, 1879.
On the Spirit-Island [CH] sitting under midnight's misty moon,
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- Minnetonka[by]
I sit once more on breezy shore, at sunset in this glorious June,
I hear the dip of gleaming oar, I list the singers' merry tune.
Beneath my feet the waters beat, and ripple on the polished stones,
The squirrel chatters from his seat; the bag-pipe beetle hums and drones.
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- Hope
Men talk and dream of better days
Of a golden time to come;
Toward a happy and shining goal
They run with a ceaseless hum.
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- Grierson's Raid
Mount to horse mount to horse;
Forward, Battalion!
Gallop the gallant force;
Down with Rebellion!
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