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The Drum

The Drum image
Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
October
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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O the drum 1 There is some lntonation in thy grum Monotony of utterance that strik the spirit tlumh, As we hear Through tlic clear And andoudbd atmosphere, Thy ruinbliiig pnlpitations rofl in upoo the eat . There's a part Of the art Of thy musiothrobhing heart That thrills a In us tbat awakena wllh ñ tart, And, Ín rhyme Wilh Uie chime And cxacütude of time, Goes marchiog on to glory to thy welody sublime. And the guest Ol" the breat That thy rolling robs of rest Is a patriotic spirit as .t Continental drenad And he looms Krom the tlooms Of a century of tombs, And the blood he ipUted t Lexington in lirtog beauty blooms. And his eyes Wear the guise Of a nature pure :uul wise ; And the love of them m liíted to a somethinff in the kies, That is bright Red and white, With a blur oí starry Lfffht, A it laughs in silken ripples to the breches dav and night There are deep Hushes creep O'cr tlie pulses a they leap, And the murmur, fainter growing-, on the silenee lalls a s leep, Whiïe the praycr Rising there Wllls the eaan.i carth and .iir As a heritage to freedoin's sous and dmightert everywhurc. Then with sound As profound As the thunderingt resound, Come thy wild reverbmtions in :i throe th.it shnkes the ground, And a cry I' lung on liih Like the Hay; it fluttrrt by, Wlngl rai)turousiy opward tí 1 1 it oestlea in Uw Uv. O, the drum I Then is some Lntonation In Lhv grum Monotony of utterance that strikes the spirit duinb. As we hear Through the clcai And unclouded atmosphere Thy rutubling polfkitations roil in opon the car I

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News