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TO MY YOUNGER BROTHER, ON HIS ENTERING THE ARMY by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS

Poet Analysis

First Line: HAIL! THOU DEAR THOU GALLANT BOY
Last Line: WILL BLESS OUR NOBLE FUSILEER.
Subject(s): BROTHERS; SOLDIERS; HALF-BROTHERS;
HAIL! thou dear thou gallant boy,
Oh! be our hero, be our joy;
May "love and glory"fire thy soul,
Inspired by virtue's pure controul;
And then our hearts with joy sincere,
Would bless our noble fusileer.

Though we are now resigned to grief,
It may be thine to bring relief;
Oh! let us see thy patriot name
Recorded in the lists of fame;
And then our hearts with joy sincere,
Will bless our noble fusileer.





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