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War Lyric

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
October
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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Go forti), rnllant sol'liers I In liiicrl y's van ; deuii god s bnttle For fnedoni nml man: For lü ! in ! he contest Tlmt cnlls Away The host 8 oí llie ange s Are firsl in the fioy. When U-gions of demons (ome up froui below, To raviifte your ciuntry Wil li trrnson an i woe. Shnll all (lie bright ppiit8 Thnt ihrong in the skies Almniiin otir plnet Tl 11 liberty dies ! JÜp', uy witk the hunner, And on to the foe; Vvlieiv trui tors are lurking Givc ircasoii the blnw; Far Bod is thy Lcadi-r. I is 1 v is t li v liRht. Alíd He fí:.-ill inviiid thee Puccei-s in the fiht. AVliat, tli. uah for thy co nt:y 'I'hy li ff shall le given. Tiiat'life ir far tv tt. r I'toi nal in Houven; 'Wlicre the brave of all ages gooi of ni! lande, (tra with st m&una From iK'ity'e hands Wlnn the W9' tratnp is en(i Tliy irlury sliül! s' ine, W-hereth love torcli hns liglited That cottage ot thiue: A? the eun liglit of morning Stri-arns briffht o'i-r the hill, And he rain 3vo s. descending, Co lect in the rill. Tbíit rill to a river Augfneiited shrfH grow, Thnf river inerensing, To ocean 6hall flow; And so shull the nob'e, The good and the bravo, Fincj ingress to Heaven At the gate of the grave. Come on e-iHant Chris' ians! Wliere Slinie-balU raitüfé, And rifles are singing The musie of bat.Me Fear nol , like thy flng, ._ H tl.y body be riven, For the birth-right of virtue ]s glory in Heaven.

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Old News
Michigan Argus