Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 80
sad condition. His spirit was broken by defeatand imprisonment, and he grew feeble as he real-ized there was no escape. When he was taken toFort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor he knew thathe should never see his own land again. Then herefused food, would see no visitors, and died,broken-hearted,… … The Earth put on a coat of mail,Last night, against the driven hail.In stout cuirasses clad, the treesClash neath the buffets of the breeze;Sharp bristled stands the grass, like spinesOn backs of angry porcupines.The turkeys that have roosted high,Stiff-necked toward the northern sky,Wear…
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