Page:Fifes and Drums, Poems of America at War, Vigilantes, 1917.djvu/73

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FIFES AND DRUMS
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As emblem of his country now, to-morrow;
    A patriot by duty, not by birth.
    The costliest loyalty has purest worth.
Honor to him who draws the sword in sorrow!

Katherine Lee Bates.