THE Land we from our fathers had in trust, br And to our children will transmit, or die: br This is our maxim, this our piety; br And God and Nature say that it is just. br That which we 'would' perform in arms--we must! br We read the dictate in the infant's eye; br In the wife's smile; and in the placid sky; br And, at our feet, amid the silent dust br Of them that were before us.--Sing aloud br Old songs, the precious music of the heart! br Give, herds and flocks, your voices to the wind! br While we go forth, a self-devoted crowd, br With weapons grasped in fearless hands, to assert br Our virtue, and to vindicate mankind.