Poems

Custar’s Last Ride Forth on the fatal morn, Proud as the waves of Horn Rode the cavalier; Followed by gallant men, Far in a rocky glen […]

Death of Pashepaho Lo! the old Sac village slumbered In the basin of the Wabash, And the doorway of the vallies, Like some brown old matron […]

Flight of Leeona In bloom gemm’d depths, where Sylvan branches meet Above dim paths, that thread a still retreat; Where light on tip-toe shy, steals o’er […]

Fort Dearborn Fort Dearborn is a strong and goodly place, And o’er the frontier looks with valiant face To greet the hostile tread of savage harm, […]

Hymn To The Nation When Science, trembling in the lengthened shade Of monster superstitions, and menaced By raving Bigotry, a dream embraced Of prosperous worlds by […]

In The House Of The Aylors Where Summer crowns with orange blooms The land of pines and cypress glooms; We wander forth by field and lane, […]

Morton Freedom, thy son is dead! Once more the solemn tread Of the long, slow cortege echoes to throbs Of a nation’s heart, and a great […]

Nanawawa’s Lakelet Where the dark ash upward towereth, And the maple drops her brown shade, And the rough oak spreads his broad arms, And the wild […]

Nanawawa’s Suitors When the Stabber’s speech had ended, And his presents all were gathered, And his pipe the chiefs had all smoked, Four young chiefs of […]

Old Abe, The War Eagle of Wisconsin Heard ye of “Old Abe,” the war eagle who went From his home by the Lakes to the far […]