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Show THE REVEILLE Hurl-! I hear the tramp of thousands. And of armed men the hum; Lo! a nation'- hosts have gathered Bound the quirk alarming drum s" !!. "Come, Irecmen, come' Ere your heritage be wasted." said the quick alarming drum. "Let me of mi heart take counsel: War is not of life the smn; . . 117)0 shall stay and reap the harvest hen the autumn dags shall come?" Hut the drum, Echoed. "Cornel Death shall reap the braver harreslf said the solemn-sounding drum, "But when won the coming battle, What of profit springs therefrom t What if conquest, subjugation, Even greater ills become?" But the drum Answered, "Come! Vou must do the sum to prove it," said the Yankee-answering drum, "What if, 'mid the cannons' thunder, Whistling shot and bursting bomb, When my brothers jail around me Should my heart grow cold and numb?" But the drum Answered, "Come! Better there in death united, than in life a recreant Come, t" Thus they answered hoping, fearing, Some in faith, and doubting some, Till a trum pet-voice proclaiming, Said, "My chosen people, come!" Then the drum, Lo! was dumb, For the great heart of the nation, throbbing, answered, "Lord, we comeF BRET EARTE. |