Explore "Sheridan at Cedar Creek. (October, 1864.)" by Herman Melville on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
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. / The turn of the tide began, / The rally of bugles ran, / He swung his hat in the van; / The electric hoof-spark flew.