William Gilmore Simms Long Poems

  • 1.
    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.
    NOT in the sky,
    Where it was seen
    So long in eminence of light serene,รข??
    Nor on the white tops of the glistering wave,
    ...
  • 3.
    I.
    Shell the old city I shell!
    Ye myrmidons of Hell;
    Ye serve your master well,
    ...
  • 4.
    Oh! from the deeds well done, the blood well shed
    In a good cause springs up to crown the land
    With ever-during verdure, memory fed,
    Wherever freedom rears one fearless band,
    ...
  • 5.
    I.
    Aye, strike with sacrilegious aim
    The temple of the living God;
    Hurl iron bolt and seething flame
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  • 6.
    I.Glory unto the gallant boys who stood
    At Wagner, and, unflinching, sought the van;
    Dealing fierce blows, and shedding precious blood,
    For homes as precious, and dear rights of man!
    ...
  • 7.
    SICK of the crowd, the toil, the strife,
    Sweet Nature, how I turn to thee,
    Seeking for renovated life,
    By brawling brook and shady tree!
    ...
Total 7 Long Poems by William Gilmore Simms

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