ANSWER TO MY MARYLAND.
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ANSWER TO "MY MARYLAND."[1]
By W. H. C. Hosmer
INVADED is thy sacred soil,Maryland!Foes come for booty, blood, and spoil;Remember Howard, who beat back,At Cowpens, Tarleton's fierce attack,A chief that feared not ruin black,Maryland! Our Maryland!
Last signer of our glory's scroll,Maryland!Was Carroll, of the dauntless soul,Maryland!Avenge the blood by heroes shed,When Treason trampled on the dead,And streets of Baltimore were red,Maryland! Our Maryland!
The land that gave the nation Key,Maryland!Who sang the war-song of the Free,Maryland!
- ↑ See Rebel Rhymes and Rhapsodies, page 46.
