| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | August 5 | | Farragut | | By William Tuckey Meredith |
| | | | A naval victory gained in Mobile Bay by the Federals under Farragut over the Confederates under Buchanan on August 5, 1864. |
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FARRAGUT, Farragut, | |
| Old heart of oak, | |
| Daring Dave Farragut, | |
| Thunderbolt stroke, | |
| Watches the hoary mist | 5 |
| Lift from the bay, | |
| Till his flag, glory-kissed, | |
| Greets the young day. | |
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| Far, by gray Morgan’s walls, | |
| Looms the black fleet. | 10 |
| Hark, deck to rampart calls | |
| With the drum’s beat! | |
| Buoy your chains overboard, | |
| While the steam hums; | |
| Men! to the battlement, | 15 |
| Farragut comes. | |
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| See, as the hurricane | |
| Hurtles in wrath | |
| Squadrons of clouds amain | |
| Back from its path! | 20 |
| Back to the parapet, | |
| To the guns’ lips, | |
| Thunderbolt Farragut | |
| Hurls the black ships. | |
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| Now through the battle’s roar | 25 |
| Clear the boy sings, | |
| “By the mark fathoms four,” | |
| While his lead swings. | |
| Steady the wheelmen five | |
| “Nor’ by East keep her,” | 30 |
| “Steady,” but two alive: | |
| How the shells sweep her! | |
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| Lashed to the mast that sways | |
| Over red decks, | |
| Over the flame that plays | 35 |
| Round the torn wrecks, | |
| Over the dying lips | |
| Framed for a cheer, | |
| Farragut leads his ships, | |
| Guides the line clear. | 40 |
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| On by heights cannon-browed, | |
| While the spars quiver; | |
| Onward still flames the cloud | |
| Where the hulks shiver. | |
| See, yon fort’s star is set, | 45 |
| Storm and fire past. | |
| Cheer him, lads—Farragut, | |
| Lashed to the mast! | |
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| Oh! while Atlantic’s breast | |
| Bears a white sail, | 50 |
| While the Gulf’s towering crest | |
| Tops a green vale, | |
| Men thy bold deeds shall tell, | |
| Old Heart of Oak, | |
| Daring Dave Farragut, | 55 |
| Thunderbolt stroke! | | | |
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