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First Line: Afar they fell. It was the zone
Last Line: The republic's earnest faith and courage high.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Baton Rouge, Battle Of; U.s. - History


Afar they fell. It was the zone
Of fig and orange, cane and lime
(A land how all unlike their own,
With the cold pine-grove overgrown),
But still their Country's clime.
And there in youth they died for her --
The Volunteers,
For her went up their dying prayers:
So vast the Nation, yet so strong the tie.
What doubt shall come, then, to deter
The Republic's earnest faith and courage high.





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