[The Spanish-American War, 1898]
A CHEER and salute for the Admiral, and here ’s to the Captain bold,
And never forget the Commodore’s debt when the deeds of might are told! …
A Beam of light, from the infinite depths of the midnight sky,
Painted with infinite love a star in a convict’s eye;
When, lo! the ghosts of his sins were afraid and fled with a curse, …
Says stonewall Jackson to “Little Phil:” “Phil, have you heard the news?
Why, our ‘Joe’ Wheeler—‘Fighting Joe’—has gone and joined the blues.
“Ay, no mistake—I saw him come—I heard the oath he took— …