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Title: Cedar creek: a poem
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Polhamus, William Henry Harrison
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Publisher: Cleveland, O., The Imperial press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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m thronged to the battle-fieldAnd swore by The Everliving God, that they would never yieldTho they waded thro gore till the crack of doom, till not a man was leftTo redden his sword in the foemans blood ; it was Liberty or death. Oct 2 1901 ^6 5- SfMOWO. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0 018 348 842 9 ^
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To the many brave boys^ both living and dead^who struck a blow for liberty and a united countryon that memorable igth day of October^ i86^, thefollowing lines are respectfully dedicated. PRE FAC E. When first it was learned the Grand Army would comeTo Cleveland this Fall, a wild project was sprungBy some of my comrades, that near struck me dumb.It spoke of a poem they wished me to write, On the battle thats called Cedar Creek; They knew, so it said, that I joined in that fight With Custers Division, that charged on the right;And thought I could paint the thing, just out of sight,While they knew of no other to seek. The scheme, though well meant, was appalling to me ;I never dared hope a real poet to be !And I told them point-blank, to look some other way.But after much thinking on what they had said. Some muse to a fancy gave birth.Which haunted my lone, quiet hours in bed ;On the street and in church it would run through my head,And sometimes got mixed with the prayers thatI said :Icedarcreekpoem00polh

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