And rides at last where firm and fast The good ship Union's voyage is o'er, And loud and clear with cheer on cheer Hurrah! Hurrah! it shakes the wave, It thunders on the shore, One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, O. W. Holmes. CCCXLII. THE STRIPES AND THE STARS.. STAR Spangled Banner! the Flag of our pride! From prairie, O ploughman! speed boldly away "For God and our country we'll fight till we die ! Invincible Banner! the Flag of the Free! O, where treads the foot that would falter for thee? And the eagle looks proud, as of old, to the sun? Give tears for the parting a murmur of prayer Then Forward! the fame of our standard to share! O God of our Fathers! this Banner must shine - The cannon has thundered, the bugle has blown, the Stripes and the Stars! E. D. Proctor. CCCXLIII. WHO'S READY? GOD help us! Who's ready? There's danger before! Who's armed and who's mounted? The foe's at the door! The smoke of his cannon hangs black o'er the plain; ; No halting, no discord, the moments are Fates; Lead armies or councils, be soldier a-field, Alike, so you strike when the bugle-notes call, Who's ready? O, forward!—there's death in delay! Earth's noblest are praying, at home and o'er sea, Who's ready? "All ready!" undaunted we cry ; and conquer we will!” "His eye could pierce our vast expanse, His ear could hear our morning songs, His mind, amid our mystic dance, Could follow all our myriad throngs. "Send him to us! No martyr's soul, No hero slain in righteous wars, Take him, ye stars! Take him on high His name on martial scrolls to trace. That once was when his country's call And then her banner's stars dimmed all Take him, loved orbs! His country's life,- For these he welcomed bloody strife, W. F. Williams. UP CCCXLV. WAR SONG. DEDICATED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS. P with the Flag of the Stripes and the Stars! Gather together from plough and from loom! Hark to the signal! the music of wars Sounding for tyrants and traitors their doom. March, march, march, march! Brothers unite rouse in your might, For Justice and Freedom, for God and the Right! Down with the foe to the land and the laws! Marching together our country to save, God shall be with us to strengthen our cause, Nerving the heart and the hand of the brave. March, march, march, march! For Justice and Freedom, for God and the Right! Flag of the Free! under thee will we fight, Shoulder to shoulder, our face to the foe; Death to all traitors, and God for the Right! Singing this song as to battle we go: March, march, march, march! For Justice and Freedom, for God and the Right! Land of the Free- that our fathers of old, Bleeding together, cemented in blood Give us thy blessing, as brave and as bold, Standing like one, as our ancestors stood We march, march, march, march ! Chain of the slave we have suffered so long - March, march, march, march! Conquer or fall! Rouse to the call Workmen, arise! There is work for us now; Ours the red ledger for bayonet pen ; Sword be our hammer, and cannon our plough; Liberty's loom must be driven by men. March, march, march, march! Freemen we fight, roused in our might, For Justice and Freedom, for God and the Right. W. W. Story |