When I was small, a Woman died --

When I was small, a Woman died --
Today -- her Only Boy
Went up from the Potomac
His face all Victory

To look at her -- How slowly
The Seasons must have turned
Till Bullets clipt an Angle
And He went[^a1]passed softly -- proved --[^a2]quickly round --

[^a1: went | went]

[^a2: softly -- proved -- | softly -- proved --]

If pride shall be in Paradise --
Ourself cannot decide --
Of their imperial Conduct --
No person testified --

But, proud in Apparition --
That Woman and her Boy
Pass back and forth, before my Brain
As even in the sky --

I'm confident that Bravoes --
Perpetual be --[^a3]go --[^a4]break abroad
For Braveries, just sealed in[^a5]remote as His[^a6]this
In Scarlet[^a7]Yonder Maryland

[^a3: be -- | be --]

[^a4: go -- | go --]

[^a5: just sealed in | just sealed in]

[^a6: His | His]

[^a7: Scarlet | Scarlet]