THE "CHESAPEAKE'S" FLAG.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 115, 16 May 1908, Page 3

THE "CHESAPEAKE'S" FLAG.

"The trophy of the famous battle- of Boston in 1813 will re-cross the Atlantic." —Daily paper. , It's come back, the famous flag '.',. That o'er the Chesapeake flew, When every plank upon her deck Was wet with crimson dew, . And round her roared a hurricane . Of screaming shot and shell, And dying on a heap of slain / . The gallant Lawrence fell. It fell among its silver stars The angry bullets rip, And heard the captain's last command Of "Don't give up the ship!" As helpless by the smoking guns The bleeding hero lay, And smiled to see it waving yet Before he passed away. It breathes his dauntless message still From every faded fold, The noblest words of courage true< That history ever told. Oh, shake, it to the breeze once more Beneath its native sky, And let it teach the world again The way that men should die! —Minna Irving.