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Rh But many were the raw recruits

Among that mighty throng,

Who hearing Frenchmen in the rear,

Listened, confused and dumb,

Then gave a shout,—"We're hemmed about!"

And fled—before a drum!

The courage shown at Arcola

By André Estienne—

The lesson taught at Arcola

Is wholesome now as then.

Needs there a moral to the tale?

Then read in this its sum:

The greatest strength may yield at length,

When sounds a hero's drum!