Death & Dying
On the Home Guards: who perished in the Defense of Lexington, Missouri
From Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
Death & Dying
The men who here in harness died
Fell not in vain, though in defeat.
They by their end well fortified
The Cause, and built retreat
(With memory of their valor tried)
For emulous hearts in many an after fray--
Hearts sore beset, which died at bay.
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MLA
Melville, Herman. “On the Home Guards: who perished in the Defense of Lexington, Missouri.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/53/.
Chicago
Melville, Herman. “On the Home Guards: who perished in the Defense of Lexington, Missouri.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/53/.
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