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mean these peals from every tower,

And crowds like seas that sway?

The cannon reply; they speak the heart

Of the People impassioned, and say—

A city in flags for a city in flames,

Richmond goes Babylon's way—

Sing and pray.

O weary years and woeful wars,

And armies in the grave;

But hearts unquelled at last deter

The helmed dilated Lucifer—

Honor to Grant the brave,

Whose three stars now like Orion's rise

When wreck is on the wave—

Bless his glaive.