FIFES AND DRUMS
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To conquer and subject
All peoples who respect
The Holy Vow man struggles to fulfil.
For man has dreamed a dream and sealed a Vow,
Yea, man has sealed a Vow before the Lord
Of Righteousness and Peace:
He has sworn that war shall cease
And the reign of Reason triumph o'er the Sword!
He has sealed a Holy Vow that privilege
Shall perish from an Earth where all are free;
That his children shall not fight,
As he must, the Huns of Night,
But be brothers in the Light of Liberty.
God save us from all traitors to that Dream;
God shield us from all traitors to that Vow!
