The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17
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THE LAST RALLY.
NovKnnER. 1854.


Rally rally. rally!
Arouse the slumbering land,
Rally /! rally from mountain and vs,,s~
And up from the ocean-strapd,
Ye sons of tho West, Americas besti
New Hanipshire's men of might.
From prairie and crag unfurl the flag,
And rally to the fight!
Armies of untried heroes,
Disguised in craftsman and clerk!
Ye men of the coast, invinoible host!
Come, every one, to the work.
From the fisherman gray the salt sea spray
That on Long Island breaks.
To the youth who tills the utternost hills
By the blue northwestern lakes
And We Freedmen rally, rally
To the banners of the North
Through the shattered door Of bondage pour
Your swarthy legions forth!
Kentuckians ye of Tennessee
Who scorned the despots swayF
To all, to all, the bugle-call
OF Freedom sounds to-day
Old men shall fight with the ballot,
Weapon the last and best
And the bayonet, with blood red-wet,
Shall write the will of the rest;
And the boys shall fill mems places,
And the little maiden rock
I1sr uou as sne SITS Win ner granuam ana knlts
An unknown hero's sock.
And the hearts of heroic mothers,
And the deeds of noble wives.
With their power to bless shall aid no less
Than the brave who give their lives.
The rich their gold shall bring, and the old
Shall help us with their prayers;
While lowering hosts of pallid ghosts
Attend us unawares.
From the ghastly fields of Shiloh
Muster the phantom bands,
From Virginia's swamps, and Deaths white
camps
On Cardinals sands;
From Fredericksburg and Gettysburg,
see them gathering fast;
And up from Manassas, what is it that passes
Like the thin clouds in the blast?
From the Wilderness, where blanches
The nameess skeleton:
From Vicksburg's slaughter and red d-streaked
water,
And the trenches of Donelsop;
From the cruel, cruel prisons,
Where their bodies pined away,
From groaning decks, from sunken wrecks,
They gather with us to-day.
And they say to us, Rally rally!
The work is almost done!
Ye harvesters, 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 ?"
And their brothers. left behind them
In the deadly roar and clash
Of cannon and sword, by fort and ford,
And the carbines quivering FASH
Before the Rebel citadel
Just trembling to its fall,
From Georgia's glens, from Florda's fens,
For us they call, they call
The life-blood of the tyrant
Is ehbing fast away;
Virtory waits at her opening gates,
And smes array;
With solemn eyes the Centuries
Before watching stand,
And Love lets down his starry crown
To bless the future land.
One more sublime endeavor,
And behold the dawn of Peace
One more endeavor, and war forever
Throughout the land shall cease!
For ever and ever the vanquished power
OF Slavery shall be slain,
And Freedo MS stained and trampled flower
Shall bl ssom white again
Then rally rally rally
Make tumult in the land
Ye forestcrs, rally from mountain and valley
Ys fishermen, from the strand!
Brave sons of the West, Americas bestt
New England's men of might
From prairie and crag unfurl the flag,
And rally to the fight!