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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 177 (search)
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the reveille. by T. B. Hart, of San Francisco. Hark!
I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum; Lo!
a Nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum-- Saying, “Come, Freemen, come! Ere your heritage be wasted,” said the quick alarming drum. “Let me of my heart take counsel; War is not of life the sum; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come?” But the drum Echoed, “Come! Death shall reap the braver harvests,” said the solemn sounding drum. “But when won the coming battle, What of profit springs therefrom? What if conquests — subjugation-- Even greater ills become?” But the drum Answered, “Come! You must do the sum to prove it,” said the Yankee-answering drum. “What if, 'mid the cannon's thunder, Whistling shot and bursting bomb, When my brothers fall around me, Should my heart grow cold and numb?” But the drum Answered, “Come Better there in death united, than in life a recreant — come!”