24 Aug 1847
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Newspaper
Wisconsin Argus
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1847
Page
1
The text presents a long, fragmented poem about memory, longing, and absence. It references imagined scenes of home and separation, with faded names and distant places, mixing archaic phrasing and scattered proper nouns. The piece evokes mourning and intimate appeal to a absent husband.
A garbled report from a Virginia front describes bombardment of a church, deaths of women, and a savage night of combat. It recounts Arild and his men facing murder, a haunting memory of a fallen general, and references to Arnold, La Fayette, and other figures amid chaos and destruction.
A rugged winter tale unfolds near the James River with a lone rider seeking a wayward path. He encounters an old Virginia hunter whose scars mark a life of harsh feats. The two men recall Arnold’s courage and ambivalence as a mysterious masked rider arrives in a blaze of lightning, leaving the hunter haunted by a vision of a red uniform and a fearful prophecy.
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