Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FALL IN!, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS



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First Line: Who shall march with the veteran band
Last Line: Fall in, and march with the soldiers!
Subject(s): Holidays; Memorial Day; Declaration Day


Who shall march with the veteran band,
These who saved a united land,
These our heroes humble and grand,
Who shall march with the soldiers?

You, the boys who will soon be men.
Soldier duties will yours be then,
Fighting wrong in its darkest den, --
Fall in, and march with the soldiers!

You, the mothers of days to be,
You in whose hand is the future's key,
You who will train the brave and the free,
Fall in, and march with the soldiers!

You, the makers of worthy laws.
Bold to lead in a righteous cause,
Deaf to falsehood and vain applause,
Fall in, and march with the soldiers!

You, the workers whose steady toil
Wrenches wealth from the mine and soil,
Victors who gather a bloodless spoil,
Fall in, and march with the soldiers!

You, all teachers of truth and right,
You, all preachers of love and light,
All who are fighting the people's fight,
Fall in, and march with the soldiers!





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