Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TEMPERANCE ARMY, by JULIA A. MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come all ye friends, and citizens Last Line: Will do you all no harm. Alternate Author Name(s): Sweet Singer Of Michigan Subject(s): Army - United States | ||||||||
Come all ye friends, and citizens, Where-ever you may be, Come listen to a few kind words A friend will say to thee, Although going to speak to you I mean you all no harm, Tho' I wish you'd join the army Of the temperance reform. Come join the glorious army Of the temperance reform, And every man that joins the ranks, Will find it is no harm, To wear Red Ribbon on his breast, To show to this rare world, There is one that joined the army And his colors has unfurled. Come all men in our nation, Come join this happy band, And make your homes an eden, Throughout our happy land. Your homes will then be happy, Your friends will all be kind; And in the domestic circle True happiness will find. Ah, from this temperance army, Your feet shall never stray. Your mind will then be balmy If you keep the shining way. Your paths are strewn with flowers, And your homes are rosy light, And God will watch the hours, For He-s ever on the right. Come all ye merry happy lads, And listen to my rhyme. Don't be afraid to join the pledge And let be the cursed wine. Ah, lay the flowing bowl aside, And pass saloons if you can, And let the people see that you Can be a sober man. Go join the temperance army, And battle for the right, And fight against the enemy With all your main and might. For it is a glorious army This temperance reform, And the badge Red Ribbon Will do you all no harm. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TAPS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON YOUR LAD, AND MY LAD by RANDALL PARRISH A CALL TO ARMS by MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN ANDREWS THE DEBT UNPAYABLE by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON AN ADDRESS TO THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ... AMERICAN ARMY by PHILIP FRENEAU THE AMERICAN SOLDIER by PHILIP FRENEAU THE NORTHERN SOLDIER (2) by PHILIP FRENEAU ADVICE TO LITTLE CHILDREN by JULIA A. MOORE |
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