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Updated: May 1, 2025
Then to the musket-knell succeeds The clash of swords the neigh of steeds As plies the smith his clanging trade, Against the cuirass rang the blade; And while amid their close array The well-served cannon rent their way, And while amid their scatter'd band Raged the fierce rider's bloody brand, Recoil'd in common rout and fear, Lancer and guard and cuirassier, Horseman and foot, a mingled host, Their leaders fall'n, their standards lost."
'Gleaning the blunted shafts that have recoil'd, Aiming them at the shield of truth again;
The "Herald" commenced them I remember the articles well. The "Tribune" was equally cogent and inspiriting and the "Times," "Evening Post," and other principal papers, were not a whit behind. They came in good time, for they were needed. For in the humiliation of Bull Run, the popular feeling north, from its extreme of superciliousness, recoil'd to the depth of gloom and apprehension.
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