III.

Free bridle-bit, good gallant steed,
That will not ask a kind caress,
To swim the Santee at our need,
When on his heels the foemen press,-
The true heart and the ready hand,
The spirit stubborn to be free,
The twisted bore, the smiting brand,-
And we are Marion's men, you see.

IV.

Now light the fire, and cook the meal,
The last perhaps that we shall taste;
I hear the Swamp Fox round us steal,
And that's a sign we move in haste.
He whistles to the scouts, and hark!
You hear his order calm and low-
Come, wave your torch across the dark,
And let us see the boys that go.

V.

We may not see their forms again,

God help 'em, should they find the strife!

For they are strong and fearless men,
And make no coward terms for life;
They'll fight as long as Marion bids,
And when he speaks the word to shy,
Then--not till then they turn their steeds,
Through thickening shade and swamp to fly

VI.

Now stir the fire, and lie at ease,

The scouts are gone, and on the brush

I see the colonel bend his knees,

To take his slumbers too-but hush! He's praying, comrades; 'tis not strange; The man that's fighting day by day, May well, when night comes, take a change. And down upon his knees to pray.

ROBERT EDWARD LEE.

1807-1870.

EDWARD LEE was born at Stratford, Westmorety, Virginia, descended from a long line of illusestors. He was educated as a soldier at West red with great distinction under General Scott in an War, and commanded the troops which supe John Brown Raid in 1859. When his State 1861, he resigned his commission of Colonel in 1 States Army, and returned to Virginia. He ated commander-in-chief of the Virginia forces, of the Confederate Army. His course during s elicited the praise and admiration of all mili. After the war he quietly turned to the duties 1. He became president of Washington College, ow called in his honor Washington and Lee UniHe stands with Washington a model for young many monuments in marble and bronze attest the evotion of the South to her great Chief.

Lee was a soldier and a man who acted rather e or wrote. When, however, it was his duty to vrite, he did it, as he did everything else, excelving to express in simplest language the right thing rather than draw attention and admiration by any effort at grace or beauty of style. Its reminds us of Washington.