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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BATTLE CRY, by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE Poet's Biography First Line: Loud drums are rolling, the mad trumpets blow Last Line: Shall lower their banner to cuba's lone star! Subject(s): Cuba; Spanish-american War (1898) | |||
THE loud drums are rolling, the mad trumpets blow! To battle! the war is begun and we go To humble the pride of an arrogant foe! The ensign and standard which wave for the Crown Of Castile and Aragon -- trample them down! Granada and Leon and haughty Navarre Shall lower their banner to Cuba's lone star! Now under Old Glory, the Blue and the Gray United march shoulder to shoulder away, To meet the Hidalgos in furious fray. With musket and haversack ready are we To tramp the globe over, to sweep every sea, From isles of dead Philip to Florida's Key. We think of the Maine and our hot bosoms swell With rage of love's sorrow, which vengeance must quell, And then we are ready to storm gates of Hell, Our flag streams aloft by the tempest unfurled! We strike for a Continent; -- nay, for the World! Mene, Tekel, Upharsin! the thunder is hurled! The ensign and standard which wave for the Crown Of Castile and Aragon -- trample them down! Granada and Leon and haughty Navarre Shall lower their banner to Cuba's lone star! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PHILIPPINE CONQUEST by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPAIN IN AMERICA by GEORGE SANTAYANA YOUNG SAMMY'S FIRST WILD OATS by GEORGE SANTAYANA WHEN THE GREAT GRAY SHIPS COME IN [AUGUST 20, 1898] by GUY WETMORE CARRYL THE CALL TO THE COLORS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN THE RUSH OF THE OREGON by ARTHUR GUITERMAN THE CHARGE AT SANTIAGO by WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNE FOR DECORATION DAY: 1898-1899 by RUPERT HUGHES THE FOUNDERS OF OHIO by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE |
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