| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1010. The Flight of the War-Eagle |
| | | By O. C. Auringer |
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| THE EAGLE of the armies of the West, | |
| Dying upon his alp, near to the sky, | |
| Through the slow days that paled the imperial eye, | |
| But could not tame the proud fire of his breast,— | |
| Gone with the mighty pathos! Only rest | 5 |
| Remains where passed that struggle stern and high; | |
| Rest, silence, broken sometimes by the cry | |
| Of mother and eaglets round the ravaged nest. | |
| ’T was when the death-cloud touched the mountain crest, | |
| A singer among the awed flocks cowering nigh, | 10 |
| Looked up and saw against the sunrise sky | |
| An eagle, in ethereal plumage dressed, | |
| Break from the veil, and flame his buoyant flight | |
Far toward the hills of heaven unveiled and bright.
July 23, 1885. | |
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