Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE TENTH LEGION, NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS, 1862, by RUTH NATALIE CROMWELL Poet's Biography First Line: Marching along!-marching to the war Last Line: "for god and their country, they were marching along." Subject(s): American Civil War; Marching & Marches; Military Service, Voluntary; New York City - 19th Century; Patriotism; United States - History | ||||||||
That passed down Broadway singing the Refrain: "For God and Our Country, We Are Marching Along" Marching along!marching to the war I saw them as they passed, a thousand men or more; Their bayonets were gleaming in the sun's burning light, For God and their Country, they were marching to the fight, Marching alongmarching along "For God and our Country, we are marching along." I could not see their banners, for my eyes grew dim; I but thought of my country, and sublime grew their hymn, Till my soul echoed back, oh! again and again, The song of the battle!the soldiers' refrain Marching alongmarching along "For God and our Country, we are marching along. I have bowed to the song, when love was the theme; I have listened to the chime, when fame was the dream; Not the psalmodies of life, nor the cadences of art, Were so grand to my ear, or so dear to my heart Marching alongmarching along "For God and our Country, we are marching along." Loud blew the bugleGod keep them where they roam, For the hearts that are waiting, for the firesides at home Loud blew the bugle and they answered in their might, For God and our Country, we are marching to the fight. Marching alongmarching along "For God and our Country, we are marching along." Marching alongmarching along Brave were their hearts, and brave was their song. Oh, I know there are leaves on the old bay-tree, That are growing for their brows, in the land of the free, Marching alongmarching along "For God and their Country, they were marching along." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A VISIT TO GETTYSBURG by LUCILLE CLIFTON AFTER SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE by DAVID FERRY ACROSS THE LONG DARK BORDER by EDWARD HIRSCH WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS by DAVID IGNATOW THE DAY OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS; MARY 30, 1869 by EMMA LAZARUS MANHATTAN, 1609 by EDWIN MARKHAM THE DECISION (APRIL 14, 1861) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE SPARROW HARK IN THE RAIN (ALEXANDER STEPHENS HEARS NEWS) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DIVINA COMMEDIA (INTRODUCTORY POEMS): 1 by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION, NEAR NAPLES by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |
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