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DEAD ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE.
Written by request, and read at Huntington Hall, Memorial Evening Services, 1896.
Dead on the field of battle, the sacrifice complete,
With none to tell the story of that last sublime retreat,
The fearless rush to conquer and the awful price it cost
When riven lines were reeling like a vessel tempest tossed.
With none to tell the story of that last sublime retreat,
The fearless rush to conquer and the awful price it cost
When riven lines were reeling like a vessel tempest tossed.
Dead on the field of battle, the glowing words inspire
The courage of the hero as he meets the foeman's fire;
His bayonet is flashing in the thickest of the fight,
An invincible avenger of liberty and right.
The courage of the hero as he meets the foeman's fire;
His bayonet is flashing in the thickest of the fight,
An invincible avenger of liberty and right.
Dead on the field of battle, away from home and friends
And dying for the country ev'ry loyal son defends,
And dying for the country ev'ry loyal son defends,
