English poem
On the Home Guards who perished in the Defense of Lexington, Missouri.
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.
More by Herman Melville
- On a natural Monument
- On a Natural Monument in a field of Georgia.
- On Sherman's Men who fell in the Assault of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia.
- On The Grave Of A Young Cavalry Officer Killed In The Valley Of Virginia
- On the Men of Maine killed in the Victory of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- On The Photograph Of A Corps Commander
- On The Slain At Chickamauga
- On The Slain Collegians