The Lonely Bugle Grieves
By Grenville Mellen (1831-1916) |
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THE
TRUMP hath blown,
And now upon that reeking hill
Slaughter rides screaming on the vengeful ball;
While
with terrific signal shrill,
The vultures, from their
bloody eyries flown,
Hang o'er them like a pall.
Now
deeper roll the maddening drums,
And the mingling host
like ocean heaves:
While from the midst a horrid wailing
comes,
And high above the fight the lonely bugle grieves! |
By
Grenville Mellen (1831-1916)
Listed January 22, 2013
From an "Ode on the Celebration of
the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1825" |
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