Thomas Dunn English

“ How little, when they came,
Had they but native courage,
And trust in Jackson's name;
How through the day he labored,
How kept the vigils still,
Till discipline controlled us,
A stronger power than will ”

“ The stirring story tell
Of those who stood the battle
And those who fighting fell.
Short work to count our losses --
We stood and dropp'd the foe
As easily as by firelight
Men shoot the buck or doe. ”