Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Southern States: Santee, the River, S. C. | | Sallie St. Claire | | George Pope Morris (1802–1864) |
| | A Song of Marion’s Men
IN the ranks of Marion’s band, | |
| Through morass and wooded land, | |
| Over beach of yellow sand, | |
| Mountain, plain, and valley, | |
| A Southern maid, in all her pride, | 5 |
| Marched gayly at her lover’s side, | |
| In such disguise | |
| That e’en his eyes | |
| Did not discover Sallie! | |
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| When returned from midnight tramp, | 10 |
| Through the forest dark and damp, | |
| On his straw-couch in the camp, | |
| In his dreams he ’d dally | |
| With that devoted, gentle fair, | |
| Whose large black eyes and flowing hair | 15 |
| So near him seem, | |
| That in his dream | |
| He breathes his love for Sallie! | |
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| Oh, what joy that maiden knew, | |
| When she found her lover true! | 20 |
| Suddenly the trumpet blew, | |
| Marion’s men to rally! | |
| To ward the death-spear from his side!— | |
| In battle by Santee she died!— | |
| Where sings the surge | 25 |
| A ceaseless dirge | |
| Near the lone grave of Sallie. | | | | |
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