Too late, too late the warning! For the wave that bore despair Rushed down with a ruthless scorning Of mortal strength and prayer. It smote in its mad derision, It gulfed with its choking breath, And set on a people’s vision The blinding seal of death. And what of him who had striven To save in that awful hour When the stoutest walls were riven By the flood’s remorseless power? Dead by the bridge they found him,-- Him and his gallant steed; But ever will shine around him The light of his noble deed! A germ of divine creating Abides in the human race, And a man is always waiting To spring to the hero’s place. And so let the lyre be smitten In praise of the fearless one, And a requiem song be written For Daniel Periton! 64. JOHNNY BARTHOLOMEW. By Thomas Dunn English. Thomas Dunn English. See note on “Arnold at Stillwater.” Though this poem has a newspaper paragraph for its basis, the author states that he has every reason to believe that the story is a true one. 65. HIS NAME. By Margaret Junkin Preston. Margaret Junkin Preston. See note on “The Hero of the Gun.” An incident of the great Boston fire, November 9, 1872. 66. OLD BRADDOCK. By John Vance Cheney. John Vance Cheney, poet and essayist, was born in Groveland, New York, December 29, 1848. He at one time practised law in New York City. He has been in charge of the San Francisco Public Library, and is now head librarian at the Newberry Library, in Chicago. This poem has no foundation in fact. 67. IN APIA BAY. By Charles George Douglas Roberts. Charles George Douglas Roberts. See “A Ballad of Manila Bay.” The destructive hurricane at Apia (island of Upolu, Samoa), occurred on the 15th of March, 1889. Three German and three American warships were either driven ashore, or crushed upon the coral reefs, and nearly one hundred and fifty lives were lost. The British ship which breasted the terrific force of the storm, and succeeded in escaping from the harbor, was the corvette _Calliope_. The American flag-ship was the _Trenton_ (see poem), carrying the flag of Rear-Admiral Kimberley. Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: Lighty, gaily=> Lightly, gaily {pg 90} brigadier from Massachussetts=> brigadier from Massachusetts {pg 207} John Burns, of Gettyburg=> John Burns, of Gettysburg {pg 218} Confederate brigadier-genrral=> Confederate brigadier-general {pg 219}