Shall bring th' atoning power,
When, through the clouds that lower,
The storm-bolt's driven!



XV.


Shell the old city--shell!
But, with each rooftree's knell,
Vows deep of vengeance fell,
Fire soul and eye!
With every tear that falls
Above our stricken walls
Each heart more fiercely calls,
"Avenge, or die!"




"The Enemy Shall Never Reach Your City."

Andrew Jackson's Address to the People of New Orleans.



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