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Pro Patria: inscribed to the Second New Hampshire Regiment.

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
I.
     The grand old earth shakes at the tread of the Norsemen,
Who meet, as of old, in defence of the true;
     All hail to the stars that are set in their banner!
All hail to the red, and the white, and the blue!
     As each column wheels by,
Hear their hearts' battle-cry,--
     It was Warren's,--'Tis sweet for our country to die!

II.
     Lancaster and Coos, Laconia and Concord,
Old Portsmouth and Keene, send their stalwart young men;
     They come from the plough, and the loom, and the anvil,
From the marge of the sea, from the hill-top and glen.
     As each column wheels by,
Hear their hearts' battle-cry,--
     It was Warren's,--'Tis sweet for our country to die!

III.
     The prayers of fair women, like legions of angels,
Watch over our soldiers by day and by night; [142]
     And the King of all Glory, the Chief of all Armies,
Shall love them and lead them who dare to be right!
     As each column wheels by,
Hear their hearts' battle-cry,--
     It was Warren's,--'Tis sweet for our country to die!

--N. Y. Tribune, June 21.

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