Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-11-04
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THE LAST RALLY.
NOVEMBER, 1864.
BY Ut. TROwBRIDGE
Rally rallyl rallyl ~
p AROUSE the slUmbering landl ~. "''''
Rally railyl from the mountain aud valley,
And up from the ocean strandl
Y e sons of the West, America's bestl -ttt
New Hampshire's men of might ...
From prairie and crag unfuri the flag,
And rally to the fghti jfrf
Armies of uintried heroes,
Disguised in craftsmen and clerk si..
Ye men the coast, inYincible host
Come every one to the work,
From the fisherman gray as the salt-sea spray
Thaton Long Island breaks,
To the youth who tills the uternost hills
I, BY the blue northwestern lakesl s.it
ea1nd .ye Freedmenl rally, rally @ -.fiil1 4
To the banners of the Northi ..,,., E.
Through the shattered door of bondage pour
Your swarthy legions forthi
Kentuckiansl ye of Tennessee ..E, t....5
Who scorned the despots swayl
To ALL to all the bugle call Hfia
0fFreedom sounds tO-dayl m
Old men shall fight with the ballot,
Weapons the last and besti
And the bayonet with blood red-wet,
Shall write the viii of the restI 90.
And the boys shall fill mems places,
And the little maiden rock Tknits
Her doll as she sits with her grandmother and
An unknown hero's sock.
Aud the hearts of heroic mothers, ~ p
And the deeds of noble wives,
With their power to bless shall aid no less 81
Than the brave who give their lives. ,e,
The rich their gold shall bring, and the old
Shall help us with their prayers; tf5
While lowering hosts of pallid ghosts
Attend us unawares.
From the ghastly fields of Shiloh
Muster the phantom bands, Tcamps
From Virginia's swamps and deaths white
On Carolina sands;
From Fredericksburg and Gettysburg,
see them gathering fast;
And up from Manassas, what is it that passes
Like thin clouds in the blast2
From the Wilderness where blanches
] The nameless skeleton; Twater
From Nicksburg's slaughter and red-streaket
And the trenches of Donelson;
From the cruel, cruel prisons,
Where their bodies pined away,
From groaning decks, from suDken wrecks,
They gather with US to-day. ai
And they say to US, Rally rallyi
The work is almost donel
Ye harvestersl sally from mountain and valley
And reap the fields we won
We sowed for endless years of peace,
We narrowed and watered well
Our dying deeds were the scattered seeds:
Shall they perish where they fell?
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And their brothers, left behind them,
In the deadly roar and clash .....,,.
OF cannon and sword, by fort and ford,
And the carblne's quivering fash;
Before the rebel citadel ei ief
Just trembling to its fall; ~
From Georgias glens, from FlOrida's fens,
For Us they call, they CALL
The life-blOod of the tyrant a.l-
Is ebbing fast away; -..s.
Victory waits at her opening gates,
And smiles on our array;
! With solemn eyes the Centuries
Before us watching stand, f r5a.sf
And Love lets down his starry crown ~
To bless the future land.
One more sublime endeayOr, .f,a. b., b
And behold the dawn of Peacel
One more endeavor, and the war forever,
Throughout the land shall cease; '"
Forever and ever the vanquished power
Of Slavery shall be slain,
And Freedoms stained and trampled flower
Shall blossom white againI .f
Then rally! rally rallyl
Make tumult in the landl
| Ye foresters rally from mountain and valley,
Ye fishermen from the strand; .fr
Brave sons of the West Americas bestl
p New England's men of night
From prairie and crag unfurl the flag '7'
! i, And rally to the fight! s. ...5f s....ff