Little Round Top

Bugle resounds call for another fateful charge Bands of soldiers toward the fortified ridge barge Enfilading fire from cannons fiery portents discharge Infantry ranks decimated from center to marge Wave after wave crest up the rocky redoubt O'er boulders, mounds their heels dutifully plow Nourishing with their blood a field so fallow Trite fodder on a temporal battle strand; sacrificial lambs noble cause to hallow Ruddy lads searing in the scorching sun;  faces sunk, complexion's sallow Surrendering all future hope; boyish dreams in dying hearts so callow Precious resources drained from a reservoir so shallow Southern heroes ressurected and romanticized on nouveau tableau