Men face to face with nature, death, and ])ain ! The elemental shown ! And dim and far, the truth appearing !
The hovering dream ! The distant and divine con-
(I sing no battles lost, retreating armies :
O, I tell you, in this campaign there are no defeats I
O, I tell you, the retreating and advancing armies are equally triumphant !
O, I tell you, the lost battles contribute as much as the battles won, to the sure result of this cam- paign !
Victory ! Victory ! Victory !
Our country calls ! Our country, and our King !)
10.
While about me sleeps the land in peace, while men and women prepare for bed ;
While the land-breeze flurries, wafting a scent of autumn woods and fallen leaves ;
While the crickets sing in the fields, and fireflies glimmer among low spruce and pine ;
While the bright star rises, casting a track across the bav ;
While the majestic heavens wheel onward, over- looking space and time ;
While the still air drops down its quietness like love.
— Linculn Colcord.
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