The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, July 1917 - April, 1918 Page: 166
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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Awake! awake! the drum is pealing
On Bexar's woody hills around!
The tread of battle shakes the ground,
And rifles keen death shots are dealing.
THE HEROES OF THE ALAMO8
Bright was their fortune, and sublime their doom,
Who perished at the Alamo-their tomb,
An altar for their sons-their dirge renown !
Their epitaph nor rust shall e'er efface,
Nor time, that changes all things else debase,
Nor later ages in their pride disown!
Their tomb contains, enshrined besides the dead,
A mighty inmate: Her for whom they bled-
Their country's unforgotten fame.
Witness the heroic Travis, who in death
Did win high valors more than Pythian wreath,
A crown unfading-an immortal name !
CROCKETT9
Though sad was his fate, and mournful the story,
The deeds of the hero shall never decay;
He fell in a cause dear to freedom and glory,
And fought to the last like a lion at bay.
When rang the loud call from a nation oppressed,
And her valleys with slaughter of brave men were red,
'Twas the pride of poor Crockett to help, the distressed,
And the watchword of Texas was heard-Go ahead.
His death-dealing rifle no longer shall shower
Its unerring balls on the proud haughty foe;
Cut down in the spring time of life's budding flower,
His tombstone, alas, are thy walls, Alamo.'A New Orleans paper, July 25, 1836.
'From the New Yorkl Star, 1836.166
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, July 1917 - April, 1918, periodical, 1918; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101073/m1/172/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.