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 Men face to face with nature, death, and ])ain ! The elemental shown ! And dim and far, the truth appearing !

The hovering dream ! The distant and divine con-

(I sing no battles lost, retreating armies :

O, I tell you, in this campaign there are no defeats I

O, I tell you, the retreating and advancing armies are equally triumphant !

O, I tell you, the lost battles contribute as much as the battles won, to the sure result of this cam- paign !

Victory ! Victory ! Victory !

Our country calls ! Our country, and our King !)

10.

While about me sleeps the land in peace, while men and women prepare for bed ;

While the land-breeze flurries, wafting a scent of autumn woods and fallen leaves ;

While the crickets sing in the fields, and fireflies glimmer among low spruce and pine ;

While the bright star rises, casting a track across the bav ;

While the majestic heavens wheel onward, over- looking space and time ;

While the still air drops down its quietness like love.

— Linculn Colcord.

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