. Idyls of battle and poems of the rebellion. never more arise ! Let us help them ! We, who sit in carelesscomfort,In our happy, cheerful homes, —Shall we leave our brave defenders pining,dying,For the help that never comes ?Oh ! remember that the quiet of each hearth-stone AN APPEAL. 79 Is purchased with their blood ;And for us they wear the cross and thornsof ChristhoodIn their noble martyr mood ! Let us help them ! Oh, ye hearts of loyalwomen !For your hands is not the sword !To heal and not to wound, your blessed mis-sion,Handmaidens of the Lord !Be the Marys of this suffering Repubhc ; Ta
. Idyls of battle and poems of the rebellion. never more arise ! Let us help them ! We, who sit in carelesscomfort,In our happy, cheerful homes, —Shall we leave our brave defenders pining,dying,For the help that never comes ?Oh ! remember that the quiet of each hearth-stone AN APPEAL. 79 Is purchased with their blood ;And for us they wear the cross and thornsof ChristhoodIn their noble martyr mood ! Let us help them ! Oh, ye hearts of loyalwomen !For your hands is not the sword !To heal and not to wound, your blessed mis-sion,Handmaidens of the Lord !Be the Marys of this suffering Repubhc ; Take your places at its feet;Ye are gentle, and your hands have skill your words are pure and sweet! Ye loyal men, who love the Nations wel-fare,Help us freely, without thought;Strengthen well the hands by which this fear-ful ransomFor Freedoms cause is wrought. 80 AN APPEAL. Oh, loyal hearts ! behold your countiys altarAwaits yoTir sacrifice ;Through your offerings, the pledge of its redemption,Shall its new-born glory rise !. TRUTH IS INVINCIBLE. (VERITAS VINCIT.) [Motto on the banner presented to a Eegiraent.] TTERITAS VINCITI Our soul-stirring motto! All worthy to wave oer the breadth of theworld ;The banner that bears it aloft is victorious,And never in sorrow or shame shall befurled. Veritas Vincit! Our God-given promise ! Before it the forehead of evil must quail;Though wrong may enshroud it, and guiltmay becloud it, — A God is its author, it never can fail! 82 TRUTH IS INVINCIBLE. Veritas Vincit! In triumph proclaim it!O knight of the holy, the pure, and thetrue !O warrior ! O poet! O Christian ! O states-man !O friend of the right! here s a motto foryou! Veritas Vincit! There s life in its music !Be it blazoned in glory on every truebreast;And leal hearts respond to its magical ac-cents,From, the North to the South, from theEast to the West! RANKED HIGHER. TTE fell as a soldier should fall, —He died as a hero should die, —With his sword in his hand,
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