Sheridan at Cedar Creek.
(October, 1864.)
Shoe the steed with silver
That bore him to the fray,
When he heard the guns at dawning—
Miles away;
When he heard them calling, calling—
Mount! nor stay:
Quick, or all is lost;
They've surprised and stormed the post,
They push your routed host—
Gallop! retrieve the day.
House the horse in ermine—
For the foam-flake blew
White. through the red October;
He thundered into view;
They cheered him in the looming,
Horseman and horse they knew.
