Grenville Mellen

  • From an “Ode on the Celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1825”

          THE TRUMP hath blown,
        And now upon that reeking hill
    Slaughter rides screaming on the vengeful ball;
        While with terrific signal shrill,
    The vultures from their...

  •     the trump hath blown,
      And now upon that reeking hill
    Slaughter rides screaming on the vengeful ball;
      While with terrific signal shrill,
    The vultures, from their bloody eyries flown,
        Hang o’er them like a pall.
      Now deeper roll the...