Herman Melville

“ Met the laughter of the sea:
It was glorious glad marching,
That marching to the sea.
The grain of endless acres
Was threshed (as in the East)
By the trampling of the Takers,
Strong march of man and beast ”

“ And they joined the armies blue.
The cocks crowed from the cannon
(Pets named from Grant and Lee) ,
Plumed fighters and campaigners
In the marching to the sea:
It was glorious glad marching,
For every man was free. ”