[March 25, 1861, South Carolina having adopted the Ordinance of Secession]

SHE has gone,—she has left us in passion and pride—
Our stormy-browed sister, so long at our side!
She has torn her own star from our firmament’s glow,
And turned on her brother the face of a foe!

O Caroline, Caroline, child of the sun,
We can never forget that our...