A good man is hard to find.
Members of the fabled Irish brigade,
Outstanding throughout the war,
Slaughtered and fearless at Fredericksburg,
Defend the Union bravely,
Down the confederacy,
Litter battlefield graves, white crosses with names.
With their own nation trying to be free,
To no longer be a colony,
An abortive invasion near Buffalo,
Canadian volunteers fall, get their names on plaques.
The reinforcements are halted by the US Navy
And Irish revolutionaries in the homeland
Are halted for the time being,
Waiting for Yeats and the widening gyre of history.
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