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THE MAN, by                    
First Line: Where is the man?' I heard one in despair
Last Line: Lay on your country's altar. God is great.
Subject(s): Freedom; Lyon, Nathaniel (1818-1861); War; Liberty


"Where is the man?" I heard one in despair.
"The dauntless Moses, that shall lead us through?
Or blameless Arthur?—they that overthrew,
And left without a name, the heathen, where
They filled the land, as locusts fill the air."
Wretch! to your country and yourself untrue,
Fear not; the duty it is yours to do
Is this: Go, breathe the battle's breath, and there
Take all your heart, Life, fortune, hope of fame,
(Like him last fallen—Freedom's latest boast—
Nathaniel Coeur de Lyon be his name—
With hearts like whose, a handful were a host,
And each the Man), your dearest love and hate,
Lay on your country's altar. God is great.





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