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176 m?T?V sowas. Go watch the'foremost ranks in danger's dark eareer, Be sure the hand most daring there, has wiped away tear. THE SOLDIER KNOWS THAT EVERY BALL. TH-. soldier knows that every bah - A certain billet bears, And whether doomed to rise or fall, Dishonor's all he fears. To serve his country is his plan, Una,?'ed or uncSsmayed; He fi?hts her battles like a man?..' And by her thanks he's ?)ai?d. - To foreign climes he cheerl F goe? B$ duty only driven; An? if be'fall, his country knows For whom the blow was given. Recorded on the front of day, ' The warrior's deeds appear; For him the poet breathes his lay, The-virgin sheds a tear, THE DASHING WHITE SElLlEANT. I? I had a beau - For a ?oldier who'd go, Do you think I'd say no? No, not If When ]?is red coat I savF, Not a sigh would it draw, But give him he eclat for his bravery v. If an army of Amazons e'er came in play, As a dashing white serjeant I'd march awayt. March away,