. American war ballads and lyrics: a collection of the songs and ballads of the colonial wars, the revolution, the war of 1812-15, the war with Mexico, and the civil war . (July I, 2, 3, 1863.) By kdmund ci^arenc:^ stedman. ■\T 7AVE, wave your glorious battle- flags, brave soldiers of the North,And from the fields your arms havewon to-day go proudly forth !For now, O comrades dear and leal—fromwhom no ills could part,Through the long years of hopes and fears, the nations constant heart—Men who have driven so oft the foe, so oft have striven in vain,Yet ever in the perilous hour have crossed hi
. American war ballads and lyrics: a collection of the songs and ballads of the colonial wars, the revolution, the war of 1812-15, the war with Mexico, and the civil war . (July I, 2, 3, 1863.) By kdmund ci^arenc:^ stedman. ■\T 7AVE, wave your glorious battle- flags, brave soldiers of the North,And from the fields your arms havewon to-day go proudly forth !For now, O comrades dear and leal—fromwhom no ills could part,Through the long years of hopes and fears, the nations constant heart—Men who have driven so oft the foe, so oft have striven in vain,Yet ever in the perilous hour have crossed his pathagain,— 138 Gettysburg 139 At last we have our hearts desire, from them we met have wrungA victory that round the world shall long be told and sung!It was the memorj^ of the past that bore us through the fray,That gave the grand old army strength to conquer on this dav ! Oh, now forget how dark and red Virginias rivers flow,The Rappahannocks tangled wilds, the glory and the woe ;The fever-hung encampments, where our dying knew full soreHow sweet the north-wind to the cheek it soon shall cool no more ;The fields we fought, and gained, and lost; the low
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