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Memories

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
July
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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"Par Dios! what a meniory that Samnson's tars havc got," Said Admiral ('ervera wh' : liad 'pone to pot;' For the last. Christoba! Colon, itauled down the flag of Spain While Sampson's tars were busy reraembering the Maine. From Santiago harbor the Spaniard hurled his shell (And saíelyj into cohorts oí whom all time shalltel), And the skulker piledthr hillside with heaps of héroes slain, While Sampson's tars were busy ing the Malne. Then, lo! the noble Spaniard whose 'honor' tires hls soul, Fired up instead his boilers and begai. to 'hunt his hole;' And squirminR past the Merrimac, he tried his beels - in v. Wliile Sampson's tais were busy remombering thc Maine. Six vessela of their navy gone as braggaits ever go - No shining deed of valor, of pride a sbameless show- 'Burned, and blown up, destroyed." So soon; not five brief hours! how plain That Sampson's ,tars were busy remembering the Maine. What isthis gray-haired travesty of manhood that I see Be-decked wlth rows of medalsV illow fond of jewelry !) One scornful glance and I disceru an admira! of Spain, The world-contemned -'t is Cervera remembering the Maine. What is this battered hulk I see, scars only on his breast ; He blind and halt, a pensioner on Charity's bequest, And dying in a hospital! what phantasm tbrillshisbra'n? Hpeak low- 't is one of Sampsom's tais remembering the Maine.

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Ann Arbor Democrat