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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 5 (search)
5. the Swamp Angel. The large Parrott gun used in bombarding Charleston from the marshes of James Island is called the Swamp Angel.--Soldier's Letter. Down in the land of rebel Dixie, Near to the hot-bed of treason, Five miles away from Charleston, Amid the sands of James Island, Swept by the tides of the ocean, Is the Swamp Angel. Can parrot, With plumage as black as a raven, And scream unlike her tropical sisters'-- A hundred-pounder, with terrible voice!-- Be called bird or angel? She's for Freedom, And Uncle Sam! synonymous terms; An angel of vengeance and not of mercy, Come to execute wrath upon the city Whence sprang secession. At night this angel raiseth her voice, And her cry is “woe,” and not “rejoice.” She sendeth far her meteor shell, And it soareth up as if to dwell With the twinkling stars in the fadeless blue; There poiseth itself for the mighty blow, Then downward shoots like a bolt from God: Crushes the dwelling and crimsons the sod! Fire leaps out from its ir