Explore "The Frenzy in the Wake. Sherman's Advance through the Carolinas. (February, 1865.)" by Herman Melville on Textopian.
So strong to suffer, shall we be / Weak to contend, and break / The sinews of the Oppressor's knee / That grinds upon the neck? / O, the garments rolled in blood / Scorch in cities wrapped in flame, / And the African -- the imp! / He gibbers, imputing shame.
Shall Time, avenging every woe, / To us that joy allot / Which Israel thrilled when Sisera's brow / Showed gaunt and showed the clot? / Curse on their foreheads, cheeks, and eyes -- / The Northern faces -- true / To the flag we hate, the flag whose stars / Like planets strike us through.