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TWO DAWNINGS.

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Was ended, - now no other sound.

Then Minden all at once awoke,

And lo! above each crowded shore

Was seen an angry cloud of smoke,

Each echoed back an angry roar.

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Silently the clouds of gray

At the dawning brighter grew;

While the night drifts rolled away,

Deeper grew the heaven's blue;

But the carnage of the fray

Dyed the field a crimson hue.

Minden slept, a troubled sleep,

And the river foamed along,

Tinged with scarlet rich and deep,

And no bird its early song

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