XXIV.

Beneath thy Star, as one of the THIRTEEN,
Land of my lay! through many a battle's night
Thy gallant men stepped steady and serene,

To that war-music's stern and strong delight.
Where bayonets clenched above the trampled green,
Where sabres grappled in the ocean fight;

In siege, in storm, on deck or rampart, there
They hunted the wolf Danger to his lair,

And sought and won sweet Peace, and wreaths for
Honor's hair!

XXV.

And with thy smiles, sweet Peace, came woman's, bringing

The Eden-sunshine of her welcome kiss,

And lover's flutes, and children's voices singing
The maiden's promised, matron's perfect bliss,
And heart and home-bells blending with their ringing
Thank-offerings borne to holier worlds than this,

And the proud green of Glory's laurel-leaves,

And gold, the gift to Peace, of Plenty's summer sheaves.

NOTES.

(1) Page 9.-ALNWICK CASTLE, Northumberlandshire, a seat of tho Duke of Northumberland. Written in October, 1822.

From him who once his standard set.-Page 12.

(2) One of the ancestors of the Percy family was an Emperor of Constantinople.

Fought for King George at Lexington.—Page 12.

(3) The late duke. He commanded a detachment of the British army, in the affair at Lexington and Concord, in 1775.

From royal Berwick's beach of sand.-Page 13.

(4) Berwick was formerly a principality. Richard II. was styled "King of England, France, and Ireland, and Berwick-upon-Tweed."

(5) Page 16.-MARCO BOZZARIS, one of the best and bravest of the modern Greek chieftains. He fell in a night attack upon the Turkish camp at Laspi, the site of the ancient Platea, August 20, 1823, and expired in the moment of victory.

(6) Page 30.-WYOMING.-The allusions in the following stanzas can be understood by those only who have read Campbell's beautiful poem, "GERTRUDE OF WYOMING :" but who has not read it?

(7) Page 50.-"RED JACKET" appeared originally in 1828, soon after the publication of Mr. Cooper's "NOTIONS OF THE AMERICANS."

(8) Page 64.-MAGDALEN.-Written in 1828, for a love-stricken young officer on his way to Greece. The reader will have the kindness to presume that he died there.

(9) Page 89.-Lieut. ALLEN.-He commanded the U. S. Sloop-ofWar Alligator, and was mortally wounded on the 9th of November, 1822, in an action with pirates, near Matanzas, in the Island of Cuba. His mother, a few hours after hearing of his death, died-literally of a broken heart.

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