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Immortal Songs of Camp and Field

By Louis Albert Banks

2019-03-29 19:40:35

Excerpt from Immortal Songs of Camp and Field: The Story of Their Inspiration Together With Striking Anecdotes Connected With Their History Flag of the brave! Thy folds shall fly, The sign of hope and triumph high! When speaks the signal trumpet ... Read more
Excerpt from Immortal Songs of Camp and Field: The Story of Their Inspiration Together With Striking Anecdotes Connected With Their History Flag of the brave! Thy folds shall fly, The sign of hope and triumph high! When speaks the signal trumpet tone And the long line comes gleaming on (ere yet the life-blood warm and wet Has dimmed the glistening bayonet), Each soldier eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance. And when the cannon mouthing cloud Heaves in wild wreaths the battle shroud, And gory sabers rise and fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight's pail; There shall thy meteor glances glow, And cowering foes shall shrink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Less

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File size4623.894 KB
Print pages302
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2015-08-22
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781528562973
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Louis Albert Banks
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Louis Albert Banks was a Methodist preacher from the state of Oregon. He pastored churches in Boston, Kansas City, Denver and Cleveland. He was widely known and published in his time, but, until now, ...

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