Leaves of Grass [Edition of 1855] by Whitman Walt

Author:Whitman, Walt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: (Privatkopie)
Published: 2010-02-03T05:00:00+00:00

They were the glory of the race of rangers,

Matchless with a horse, a rifle, a song, a supper or a courtship,

Large, turbulent, brave, handsome, generous, proud and affectionate,

Bearded, sunburnt, dressed in the free costume of hunters,

Not a single one over thirty years of age.

The second Sunday morning they were brought out in squads and massacred ... it was beautiful early summer,

The work commenced about five o'clock and was over by eight.

None obeyed the command to kneel,

Some made a mad and helpless rush ... some stood stark and straight,

A few fell at once, shot in the temple or heart ... the living and dead lay together,

The maimed and mangled dug in the dirt ... the new- comers saw them there;

Some half-killed attempted to crawl away,

These were dispatched with bayonets or battered with the blunts of muskets;

A youth not seventeen years old seized his assassin till two more came to release, him,

The three were all torn, and covered with the boy's blood.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.