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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 41 (search)
13. New-Year in the camp. by Marie. A happy New-Year! Ho! comrades all, Let's welcome its light nor fear it; A happy New-Year! Ring out the call Till the rebels beyond us hear it. A happy New-Year! I wish you a score Of years undimmed by a sorrow; We'll beat a retreat from dull care once more, Though bullets may rattle to-morrow. Ho! gather more brands till the fire glows bright, Let's sit where the shadows won't find us, And dream we are back in our homes to-night, With the dear ones left behind us. No womanish tears for the peace we've lost, No grief for the struggle before us; For God and our country we'll stake the cost With the bright New-Year before us! You know when we sat by our hearths last year, And drank to old Time's retreating; We'd laugh should a vision but paint us here, Thus shouting our New-Year's greeting. We walked in the groves of our idle life, Nor dreamed of what fortune brought us, Nor fancied we'd learn 'mid war and strife, The wonderful love she tau