Over and through the burial chant,

Organ and solemn service, sermon, bending priests,

To me come interpolation sounds not in the show--plainly to me,

crowding up the aisle and from the window,

Of sudden battle's hurry and harsh noises--war's grim game to sight

and ear in earnest;

The scout call'd up and forward--the general mounted and his aides

around him--the new-brought word--the instantaneous order issued;

The rifle crack--the cannon thud--the rushing forth of men from their

tents;

The clank of cavalry--the strange celerity of forming ranks--the

slender bugle note;

The sound of horses' hoofs departing--saddles, arms, accoutrements.