William Gilmore Simms Away Poems
- 1. The Swamp Fox
WE follow where the Swamp Fox guides,
His friends and merry men are we;
And when the troop of Tarleton rides,
We burrow in the cypress tree.
... - 2. The Bard
Where dwells the spirit of the Bard--what sky
Persuades his daring wing,--
Folded in soft carnation, or in snow
Still sleeping, far o'er summits of the cloud,
... - 3. Song In March
NOW are the winds about us in their glee,
Tossing the slender tree;
Whirling the sands about his furious car,
March cometh from afar;
... - 4. Ode--
I.
Our city by the sea,
As the rebel city known,
With a soul and spirit free
... - 5. Hast Thou A Song For A Flower.
I.
HAST thou a song for a flower,
Such as, if breathed in its ear,
... - 6. The Decay Of A People
THIS the true sign of ruin to a race-
It undertakes no march, and day by day
Drowses in camp, or, with the laggard-s pace,
Walks sentry o-er possessions that decay;
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