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Come forth! oh ye young men! For the Lord God has ordained a sacrament of courage, that the spirit of his peoples may be born again."
Behold, then, we come forth in our millions! Behold, we are gathered together in nations of armed men!
We have put off the habit of peace, and thrown away self, and set aside our heart's desire.
We young men have parted from our beloved, whom we thought to wed.
We newly wedded shall not meet again. She that loves shall be left alone desolate.
Homes shall be rooted up. Children shall cry after their fathers in vain.
Mothers shall give up their sons. Fathers shall be alone in their old age.
The dead shall be a mighty host; and there shall be agony, and horror, and grief immeasurable.
The innocent shall be trampled under foot, and the victor shall be debased with bloodthirstiness.
But the peoples shall rise up, and the oppressor shall fall.
Behold, then, we come forth in our millions! Behold, we are gathered together in nations of armed men!
We have put off the habit of peace, and thrown away self, and set aside our heart's desire.
We young men have parted from our beloved, whom we thought to wed.
We newly wedded shall not meet again. She that loves shall be left alone desolate.
Homes shall be rooted up. Children shall cry after their fathers in vain.
Mothers shall give up their sons. Fathers shall be alone in their old age.
The dead shall be a mighty host; and there shall be agony, and horror, and grief immeasurable.
The innocent shall be trampled under foot, and the victor shall be debased with bloodthirstiness.
But the peoples shall rise up, and the oppressor shall fall.
