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 Taller and taller, like an airy vision, Till when the enemy's cannon oped on us, He, with a voice that drowned their mighty roar. Called out to Sherman's volunteers: "Remember The Alamo! As darts the lightning-bolt Athwart the air, so flashed this battle-cry Through every bosom, and from wing to wing The startled breezes bore its thundering echo. Awed by this deafening peal the enemy With terror broke their ranks; this battery Alone sustained its fire against our men. They wavered for an instant; wresting then The regimental standard from the ensign, And waving it with vigor, Colonel Bradburn Rushed straight against the cannon's mouth and planted The banner on the rampart. So he stood In high relief against the smoke-wrapt sky. Ere yet our men had scaled the parapet; But when I reached his side, he suddenly Sank lifeless to the ground, exclaiming yet: "It is achieved: the fight is won—I die!" But see, he moves, he lives, he opes his eyes. [Deaf Smith, kneeling down, bends over Bradburn.]

[With faint voice.] Where am I?