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134 Light on the dark horizon to guide us clear from shame—

Chord struck deep with the keynote, telling us what can save — "A nation among the nations," or forever a nameless grave.

Such is the will of the martyr—the burden we still must bear; But even from death he reaches the legacy to share:

He teaches the secret of manhood—the watchword of those who aspire— That men must follow freedom though it lead through blood and fire;

That sacrifice is the bitter draught which freemen still must quaff— That every patriotic life is the patriot's epitaph.