This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...between the citizens of Baltimore and the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, on its way to intimidate the people of the South. The clash occurred on the 19th day of April, and the first man to fall in defence of what he believed to be the right was a brave young fellow who had been an intimate friend of mine in Georgetown ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...between the citizens of Baltimore and the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, on its way to intimidate the people of the South. The clash occurred on the 19th day of April, and the first man to fall in defence of what he believed to be the right was a brave young fellow who had been an intimate friend of mine in Georgetown College. About dusk I returned to my room in a very agitated state of feeling. Love of my native State began to assert itself. I felt that an indignity had been cast upon her. I wished I had been able to stand beside my college mate, with him to defend the honor of Maryland. "That night I tried in vain to sleep. In troubled dreams my schoolmate seemed to beckon me to his aid where the melee grew fierce and sanguine. Sorrowful and excited I got out of bed and lit my candle. The euphonious measures of the 'Karamanian Exile' came welling up in my memory, and 'Maryland, My Maryland, ' wrote itself that night." Next morning the professor of literature read the finished copy of the poem to his class. The students were fired by the spirit and patriotic fervor of the verses, and urged him to have it published forthwith. Complying with the wishes of the pupils and faculty of Poydras College, the author sent his manuscript to The Delta of New Orleans. It was published in that paper on April 26th, and within a week in every paper of all the Southern States. Mr. Randall, at the age of twenty-two years, achieved fame and, by virtue of a single war song, became the favorite poet of the South. MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND I The despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland! His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore, And be the battle queen of yore, Maryland I My Maryland! Hark to an exiled son's app...
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