O mount and go, mount and make you ready, O mount and go, and be the Captain's lady. When the drums do beat, and the cannons rattle, Thou shalt sit in state, and see thy love in battle: When the drums do beat, and the cannons rattle, Thou shalt sit in state, and see thy love in battle. O mount and go, &c. When the vanquish'd foe sues for peace and quiet, To the shades we'll go, and in love enjoy it: When the vanquish'd foe sues for peace and quiet, To the shades we'll go, and in love enjoy it. O mount and go, &c. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DUTY SURVIVING SELF-LOVE; THE ONLY SURE FRIEND OF DECLINING LIFE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE TO THE PLIOCENE SKULL by FRANCIS BRET HARTE THE ANGEL'S SONG; CAROL by EDMUND HAMILTON SEARS WASHINGTON'S MONUMENT, FEBRUARY, 1885 by WALT WHITMAN DESERT by PATRICK JOHN MCALISTER ANDERSON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 95, 96. AL-AZALI, AL-BAKI by EDWIN ARNOLD THE FASHION by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |