To arms, to arms! my jolly grenadiers! Hark, how the drums do roll it along! To horse, to horse, with valiant good cheer; We'll meet our proud foe before it is long. Let not your courage fail you; Be valiant, stout and bold; And it will soon avail you, My loyal hearts of gold. Huzzah, my valiant countrymen! again I say huzzah! 'T is nobly done, -- the day's our own, -- huzzah, huzzah! March on, march on, brave Braddock leads the foremost; The battle is begun as you may fairly see. Stand firm, be bold, and it will soon be over; We'll soon gain the field from our proud enemy. A squadron now appears, my boys; If that they do but stand! Boys, never fear, be sure you mind The word of command! Huzzah, my valiant countrymen! again I say huzzah! 'T is nobly done, -- the day's our own, -- huzzah, huzzah! See how, see how, they break and fly before us! See how they are scattered all over the plain! Now, now -- now, now our country will adore us! In peace and in triumph, boys, when we return again! Then laurels shall our glory crown For all our actions told: The hills shall echo all around, My loyal hearts of gold. Huzzah, my valiant countrymen! again I say huzzah! 'T is nobly done, -- the day's our own, -- huzzah, huzzah! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRAIRIES by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT RELIGION AND DOCTRINE by JOHN MILTON HAY THE FIRST BREAK by ALEXANDER ANDERSON EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 13. CUPID IS A WARRIOR by PHILIP AYRES EPITAPH ON SUSANNAH BARBAULD MARISSAL by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD CHRISTMAS MORNING by RICHARD BECK THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: THE LAST REMONSTRANCE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |