Poems by Felicia Dorothea Browne/To my Younger Brother on his Entering the Army

by Felicia Hemans

TO MY YOUNGER BROTHER,

ON HIS ENTERING THE ARMY.

Hail! thou dear thou gallant boy,
Oh! be our hero, be our joy;
May "love and glory" fire thy soul,
Inspir'd by virtue's pure controul;
And then our hearts with joy sincere,
Would bless our noble fuzileer.

Tho' we are now resign'd to grief,
It may be thine to bring relief;
Oh! let us see thy patriot name
Recorded in the lists of fame;
And then our hearts with joy sincere,
Will bless our noble fuzileer.