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He haa mounted his courser, and onward he hies Kih'rhif W^ Vi "^'^^'^'^^ blue «^-« ; unesign to his love, one lowly-breathed nravpr ABd &gle^ of hfa ^„ri janoes brigftXugh the The eye of hU ooureer with war's fire U rii rnhZ^^^k^'^^'f^-Tf^^'^^^^^^^ bit, itte breath of his nostrils, like the burning siroc Or the spray < f the cataract ascending in ^ok^' And defiant his neigh to the trumpets afar • ?fS^t\^ Bendufah I how eager thy pace Th«t?^ ^'T^ of the hunter w'Len bJun' for the chase! 1 hen onward my steed, tiU the high ground we clear Then dash at the foe with a bouni a^ a ch^r ' Like a rock from the hills dashing down on Z' olain Sh ta' * path grimly marled ^trthesfi^b,"' AnTnl^V ^.T ^^battle reap fame and renown. And pluck off the garlands from Victory's crown" ZoBBA, Nov. 1856. BALLAD.— KRflfiHT AND LAD». Adieu, adieu ! my lady fair, The trumpet's brazen call Invites me to the battle field, To fight, or bravely fall. My war horse trembles with delight ^ His gleaming eyeballH glare, -T.Bu tossiuK high liig nowiiig mane. HiB neighings fill the air. ni Adieu, Adieu ! my lady fair, Time speeds, I must away, Before the east again proclaims The bright return of day. I go to grasp a hero's crown, Or fill a hero's grave, Where gallant armies stem war's tide, By Alma's trembling wave. Adieu, adieu I my lady fair ! The life blood thrills my veins, A strange wild joy hath fill'd my soul, Which scarce thy love restrains. High fly my thoughts on fancy's wings, That mock the eagle's flight, And in mine ear a war song sings. That lures me to the fight. Adieu, adieu ! my lady fair : Why doth those tears arise, Like vapoury clouds obscuring light From blue etherial skies. . Though death and danger 'mid the fight Display their awful forms, The pine that crowns the mountain's brow Oft stands the fiercest storms. AdieUj adieu ! my lady fair ! Agam the trumpet's blast Calls to the field each warrior bold — I would not be the last. If fate should spare me through the siarife, Where hosts on hosts combme, I'll back to thee again, my love, And call thee ever mine. LADY. Adieu, adieu I my gallant Elnight ! I would not have thee stay In lady's bower, or gay parterre, But Olory'rf call obcv. I would not stay thy lipliCtocl arm Agaiiigt our country '^ Toes, Or quench the tiro within tliy hrc-hU, Where marti.-il ardour glows. Adietr, atfieu f my gallaut Knight ! And should thou nobly fall, ' Tli3' country's banner round thee furled Will form my warrior's pall. The laurel o'er thy grave shall blof)n), And Fame's proud records tell, •' A Soldier sleeps beneath this tomb : How well he fought ! how bravely fell !" Adieu, adieu ! my gallant Kni-ht, And bards shall sin^ thy fame, While many tongues their skill applaud— Thy deeds the inspiring theme. then one silent heart shall mourn, And seek that hallow'J spot. Blest, near the ashes of thy um. Though thou beholdeafc not.' Adieu, adieu ! my gallant Knight ! But while life's star shall burn I'll chase those diadows from my breast, And wait thy safe return. The bark, by fiercest tempests tossed, Hath safely crossed the main ; And the lamp of joy rekindled burn* Where sorrow foster'd pain. Adicuj adieu ! my gallant KnigUi f A Yision I have seen, Even now before my eyes it glides, By Alma's winding stream. I see the hostile squadrwis flv Before our victor band ; ' . I see thee safe, triumphant ahoiif, The war cry of oigrland, ¥ i\ r ,f — AUiou, :i(1icu ! mv irnllant Kni^lit ! Tlu-n ibrth to bMHie hie. To where i)roiHl Albion's flag unlurl'd, Hot red cr(».ss ihmnts i]n\ wky, JiCt thy 1m»1(1 doeds to fame give hronth, Nor my tears or siiilis Hubdur Thar^4e a:id grwn ; llcncc artists oft' sketch that fairy socmc — My brow by a rainbow crowned. Zorra, 23rd March, 1867. i; THE INDIAN MAID'S LAMENT. T hoar the graceful willow sigh, As its leaves on the wild winds flutter by ; I sec the blooming flow'rct grow, Till angry winter lays it low. O, great Wahcondah ! hear my prayer ; Oh waft mc to thy prairie fair, To thy bright land, no sorrow there ! Bird of the pleasant beak*, full long I've list^-ned to thy thrilling song ; Fly to the land of my pale-facc«l brave, And whisper Tachecliana yet wails o'er his gravi Bear him u kiss along with tihis tear, And sing of tho many I shed o'er his bier : Away, swiftly fly, tiic night draws near. a Upward it wings its ainr flight, Bathing its breast in tnc sta,rry light, Now 'tis lost in deepeniiJg gloom, And le^vo's, mq to weep o'er Wasga's tomb, Yet shall it gain that land of rest. As true as the path to its secret nest. From its swelling tluroat a song will spriag, Tho' drooping tbe while its weary wing, So ^Qtivo and sad 'twill fill his ear, As it wiiispcL'8 tho uauto Uu loves iu huar. The leav But the I From evi And his lie luark The wini He eallet 'The North it thro' the li the spiril lus Singini rru, July, 1 SONG- |1 hail to th< ict despots uath the shj id Freed( (o Britannia Lnd the sm sht valour heu three ^d still it sh lis hand m ^r it sweeps ' id laughs _^ Britannia |A.ud the smi 8 i ;icliochan.-i, rachecliaiui, 'twill wing as hwect Ak the murinuring rills that onward 8wcci> On their crooked path to the mighty deep. 5 The leaves of* the forest shall fade and wither liut the souls of the just shall live for over. ' t roil, evil Wahcondali shrouds his form, And his wrath is men in the bursting storm • He marks the path lor the streams to flow. L he winds he maketh to lull or blow, He ealloth his ehildren— they hear and go I he North American Inditms liave a suixjrstition, kt tliro the medium of birds they can communicate Ih the 8].irit« of the deimrtcd. " Pleasant Beak " |aus bingmg Bird ; " Wahcondah," the Great Spirit. rra, July, 1857. SONG— THE STANMKD 0^ BRITAIN. I. ll hail to tlie flag of old England I All hail ! •Let despots rule empires of slaves, * ] &*^ ^^^^'^ ^^^'^ banner, the tyrant sinks pale. And i^reedom exults where it waves. Ia ^"V^^oia's loud thunders the echoes awoke, ■\nd the smoke of her wrath round it curled, ght vjdour and fame had proclaimed it tlicir own. Lnen three cheers for our standard unfurled. II. M. still it shall wave in the old face of Time, His hand may not crumble a fold, Ir It sweeps thro' his fingers, untarnished, sublime, *'\m laughs at a thousand years old. Britannia's loud tliunder the echoes awoke. LiiU the smoke of her wrath round it curled, m 4 . ■ J 1' ' V\ lit' 9 Bright valour ami fame liad i)roclaimed it their own Then tlireo cJuiei-? for our stjindard unfurled. III. It has swept o'er the waves, since records can tell, And the nations have quailed at the sight, -Before its bright gleam oi>i)res8ion aye fell, As it flew in the strength of its might. Ere Britannia's loud thunders tlie echoes awoke, And the smoke of her wrath round it curled. Bright valour and fame had proclaimed it their owi Then thr d cheers for our standard unfurled. IV. J-»ong may the sunshine of peace o'er it smile. As triumphant it waves o'er our shore, The light of the bravcy the joy of our isle, Then all hail to the flag we adore. Ere Britannia's loud thunders the echoes awoke. And the smoke of her wrath round it curled. Bright valour and fame had proclaimed it their owiij Tlien three cheers for our standard unfurled. ZojRRA, September 22, 1856. TflE ROVER'S SERENADE. O Maiden wake ! no longer stay ; My bark awaits in yonder bay ; Come ore tlie moonlight flitting dies, Haste ere the morning's blush arise. (7ome to the homo of the fearless and free. To Gonsolve's swift bark on the deep-rolling sii xK VI » <•>»«.>.«• * And the deeivtoncd ocean will hall my bride With H wilder song to his hoary tide. 10 Come to tlic howio of tlio fenrloss and free, To Gonsolvo's swift bark on the tlcep-i-olling nea : List thoc, maid, list tlieo maid, come with me ! 3 I've tuned my harp to the softest strain That ever was heard from the billowy main, It woo's thee fi-om woods and mo;idows green To reign Ibray tlic Oeean's Queen. Come to tlio home of the fearleas and free, To Gonsolvc's swift bark on the deep-roUin; a ; List thee, maid, list, come, come with me. 4 We'll wring briglit gold from the cringing slave. To bedeck my bride on the dancing wave, And laugh witli glee at the world's wide law, As they strike their flag to our wild hurrah ! Then come to the liome of the fearless and free, To Gonsolve's swift bark on the deep rolling sea : List thee, maid, list ! come, come with me. IRA, 4th January, 1857. IMPRESSIONS. When joy and hojKj smiled on my way, With visions bright ol* varied ray ; When in my heart there lurked no sorrow To dim the prospect of the morrow, This world appeared a world of joy, Pure, fair and bright, without alloy. Like some calm, lustrous, brilliant star, Casting its radiance from afar, Till temjHjste rise, and darkening clouds At once its beauteous form enshrouds. Or likp flifl rlnw^foi> '>n t^'o '.»•.*' A dream as daa/Jing and as brief, We hardly see the bow of heaven, n (A sign to mau in mercy given) Orowii the far suimait of the t*K Ere ite bright colours fading diu. With rapture o'er tlie flower we gaze- Alas ! how soon its hue decays ! And yet, Man i though God has given bigns such as these, yc seek not heaven Whore purest joys unsullied bloom, I^arfar beyond the silent tomb, But love to dwell where pleasure flows, Heedless of Him who life bestows, Yieldmg the heart to earthly sway, While life's swift tide ebbs fast away. My dream is o'er. Earth's reign is past And now I see my way at last : ' I ve view'd great Nature's wond'rous power • Admired the hue of every flower ■ ' Seen orient sunset deck the west,' And wished to live in scenes so blest ; But Nature changed her aspect mild, To chide the dream of Nature's child, lill, humbled, and with shrinking form I prayed to Him who rules the storm. ' Iheu bright-eyed Faith could see afar The gleaming of a glorious star, 8a vation's bannei* by its light unfurled Allures to heaven a faUco werld. if lift ZoBRA, 15th January, 1867. DIE6I, Written on the death of two Brothers m of the late Eev. J. C s. ' ^«!|J|y. thoy lie in the dark clayey bods, n.?; S* fe ??^P^* »«>M»d ^^ is raving, o^ixyituciiBi Httjjvior mvii ttpu-iJM arc fled, And glorious l«ui»k are twined wund their head rous power ; 12 As they join with the saints loudly praiHing. [•hey welcomed the angel of death as he flew To release them from bondage and sorrow Lnd smiled as they felt his cold clammy dew' Jot fear'd they the flight of the arrows he threw. Nor sighed for the bright beaming morrow. h no I they well knew a morrow more bright. Awaited their exit from this, iFor peace round their souls like a halo of light llts lustre spread o'er their aerial flight, * As they sped for the regions of bliss— Where Time's chilly breath no longer can bUght I Or cause each fair flower to decaj', ' IFor there love and Joy for ever unite, And day beaming fair, undarkencd by night, » Shall reign in that kingdom for aye. [But still the fond grief of a mother must liow, I er those she held dear to her heart, [And friendship's tears shalHoin in her woe As they gaae on the tombs of those laying low, • Whilst memory their virtues impart. CoWly they lie in their dark clayey beds. Whilst the tempest around them is raging. But httle list they ibr their spirits are fled. And glorious laurels are twined round their heads. I As they join with the saints loudly praising. Irba, October 3, 1866. -O- Tfll KOYAL IXIL8'8 LANKNT, ' of' W race, on yon ocean-bound shore Ihe dark cloud of fate hath o'ershadowed thy ray, 13 And the hearts th;it throb'd love to thy beacon of V( Now moulder in dust, or in exile decay. ^ /V u i.«?»e theme of Cullodon's dread story, TK . « i¥ ^r""^-' "^iS" *^^ ^^"6 0^% beam, 1 hat hold wherem Woe, on her sable wings gory, Hath chanted the dirge of my fiist fleeting glory And wept o'er a fugitive King! ^ s j', 2 Albin ! thy Prince in exile deiJores thee^ Land of my kindred, I bid thee farewell ! ^et alas r m my dreams thy mountains surround ml Ke-echoing the pibroch's wild notes as they swell ; 1 here the eagle supremely exults o'er his home, ^mmmghng his shrieks with the cataract's roar. Which veils the rude crag in the breath of its fban, And n«es sublime in its wildneas alone.— Loved land ! shall I see thee no more ! 3 Ye dark waves of memory, all wildly ve roll, i And dim IS my sight with the spray'showers ve cast As unceasing ye dash o'er the rock of my soul And torture my spirit with deeds of the pa^t.' My lamine-shrunk host again looms on my sight As like stprm-driven billows they rushed to their d( High flashed their clayinours like meteors bright That play m the dark lowering bosom of niirht ' Again to be lost in its gloom. 4 , mL^'^k^'' "*^I:^^J' Woestamp'd the dread seal! wSi Tu::t^u 5'*'^^." *^^^^ ^«''««^ «n the brave ' Oaef ^^ ^^^^ *^^* drooiKjd with the blood of The scaffold's grim shade, the dungeon and grave. JBut the song of the bards yet shallawaken Ihe silence that reigns o'er the homes of the slain ; And this desolate heart though in solitude broakiiu Can rejoice in that Loyalty, unflinching, unshaken, 1 hat er Deatli throws a halo of Fame. ZoRRA, September, 1857. 14 NIGHT. le shadowy twiHght seals the eye of day, Id ushers in tlie sablo god oi' night, liHelcss and shvr o'er nature glides hi« way. Id shields the distant landseajie honi the sight : Is throne regained, beneath his brow of clouds, Is eye of moonbeams dance athwart the waves, bd stars unnumbered vying spangle bright, his broad brow, and gilds the azure dome with light, 2 be voice of nature is u low-breathed sigh, Jid all is hushed save the fierce torrent's roar, Ike man, forth rushes to eternity Ickless and wild, like him returns no more. ie strange mysterious silence still prevails, jve when 'tis startled by the night bird's shriek, I with untiring wing he hovers o'er |me ruined fane, all crumbling dark and hoar. 3 •le humid vajwrs veil the gloomy swamps, id fire-flies fltish their lucient wings on high, hnming and lighting their phosphorient lamps, Ike the mock meteors of a lower sky. [lence and night hold undisputed sway, id deeper yet the opaque shadows fall, [11 warned by early chanticleer's shrill cry, lat the bright morn and her gay feather'd choir are nigh, 4 iture anticipates the orient glow, id night, like Monarch shorn of diadem, esigUB the strife reluctantly and slow, Titn lowering front and dignity of mien, Intil like fading ghost he wanes from view, jefore the laughing eye of eaily morn, jalf hid lamid her golden looks, whose beams lie utirrored in a thousand lakes and flowing streams. )RRA. 15 ON THK wmm OF m steamer imnml A gallant ship lies anclior'd on the Jeep, The light winds wat t her pennon to and fro, While sadden 'd faces round her wail and weep, And parting tears are mingled ;i8 they flow. And there are vows oi' love and friendship given. With bursting sob, and mute apixjalsto Heaven ! Locked in a iond embrace, perhaps the last, Behold the piother, brother, sister, sire. Hand cla8p)ed in hand, how can I paint their grief, With the faint breathing of my untaught lyre. I-oose from her moorings, now she breasts the tides, | The winds lie nestling in her spreading sails, That proudly bulge beyond her dusky sides, Lik6 eastern Houri thro' her mazy vail, And weeping eyes are turned to Scotia's shore. Eyes that again may view her hills no more, And snowy kerchiefs wave a long adieu, While o'er the water comes a winter cheer. And distant forms are waning from the sight, And native scenes— to each to all how dear. 3 The nirfithath gone— again shines forth the day, And hope hath dashed from every eye the tears, As the good ship cast from her prow the spray And proudly buoyant o'er the wave careers. Thus day by day their westward course they urge Oer foaming billows and fierce seething surge, Till Canada rises to their wond'ring gaze. Britannia's daughter, prosperous m her youth, And Abram's heights, where brave Montcalm fell, And victory crowned the great immortal Wolfe ! 4 liite some huge monster resting from her toil „ The gallant ship now at her anchor swings, While busy tars the ropes in order eoi! And thro' her deoks'the voice of laiighter rings, 16 k sails are furled, no more she stems the waves, id from her i)eak the British ensign waves, hile eager gather round her anxious crowd, I ogam the steamer wareing on her lee, fc mortals blind to their impending doom, I hey haste to seal fate's dire but sure dei»ee, il ?? H ^eJ- side the noisy steamer lies, tier belchmg breath 'scapes from her iron throat, jutting clouds that wreathe her masts on high, ,^' on thfi brecee in curling eddies float, [11 from her wheels the vexed waters break, [at foam and bubble in her troubled wake. ^, hope and gladness, cheer the fated band* 4o more fond mothers heave the anxious sighi fe (jrandsire smiles, his thoughts ascend to Heaveti* tid tears of gratitude bedim his aged eye. 6 > rosy tints that deck tlie morning's gleam |Utt prove a prelude to the thunder's roar, ^man s fond hopes are but a baseless dream, A^^ansient joy, scarce felt, then seen no more, kther of all 1 we bless thy kind decree, by wond'rous love that veils futurity ! ben, oh ! poor wanderers, o'er your visions smile, [Muse er some cot by rural beauty graced, in fancy's cup of bliss e'er it be dashed, >y death's cold hand too soon to be erased. 30 broad bt. Lawrence rolls in Queenly pride, [Her gleaming waters, to the boundless sep, Ike man that down the stream of life doth gMe [On, on to that dread bourn, Eternity. ' t-d there perchance be some of graver mind [ho in that river's ebb or flow a moral find. ' hf J ]^ J each voice gives forth a loud alarm, [And hurrymgfeet now tread the vessel's dock lie miant nrutter stays its lisping tale, And wildly clings around the mother's neck. 17 'Tis Firef 'tis fire I a hundred throats exclaim, High leaps the flame, fann'd by the wind's str breath. All art to quench it hath, alas I proved vain, And nought surrounds them but a speedy death No master mind is there their fate to sway, All IS confusion, all is dire dismay. . ^^u^^^^'t**^^ prompt decision or the seaman bravJ ^)Y,"0 "oaismayed thro' every danger steers, While firm and collected at his post he stands Conr mends the brave, the weak and timid cheers 9 The fiery demon rampant tow'rs o'er all, mir^ib^^ ^^^ timbers with his tongues of flame, 1 he stifling smoke wreathes round them as a pall And few upon that scathed deck remain. They seek a refuge in the treacherous wave. To scape a fiery death, and find a wateiy grave. WiJdJy for life they at a bubble grasp. With outstretched arms in vain for aid implore, Until they sink, with one long hopeless cry, And gam, grant it Heaven ! thy blessed shore I The mighty river rushes o'er the dead. And kindly strangers lend a ready hand, 1 heirs the sad task to search its watery bed And bear the lifeless bodies to the land, ' While the sad remnant of that fated crew Crowd round in fear and hope the dead to view And with convulsive sob the pallid clay they kiss Of some dear Mother, Sister, Sire, or Son I U grant us grace, thro' sorrow's darkest hour, , To pray *^Our Father's will, notour's, be done Ij ZoRRA, Ifit Nov. 1857. 18 THE PROPOSiD MONUMENT TO SIR WM. WALLACE. Rouse thee, Scotchmen, one and all, Rouse thee to the sacred call : Thy hero claims of thee a Fane, Worthy of his patriot fame. Pile it upward, pile it high, Pile it to the middle sky, Build it upward, stone on stone, Till the earth beneath it groan, Till Collossus-like it stands, Raised by patriot hearts and hands, Sublime-~in simple majesty, Worthy alike of Him and thee— The noblest shrine to Liberty. The spirits of thy noble Sires May flit around its lofty spires. And joy that Scotland yet can feel For patriot deed and martial zeal. That Liberty's seraphic fire E'en now her deeds and thoughts inspire. Then, Scotchmen ! hearts and hands unite, In honor of thy Wallace wight, Or let your boast again ne'er be That Warrior stern, that patriot free, The noble Knight of Elderslie ! When nobles fled, or basely yield. Thy Wallace still maintained the field, With dauntless heart and stalwart hand Hurled the invader from the land. When most desperate grew the fight, Then rose thy Hero in his might, And pealing forth his battle cry. Led on thy sires to victory I Dauntlessly Tyranny he withstood. And sealed the compact with his blood, That gave to him a deathless fame A victor's meed, a martyr's claim,' Left thee a Nation, and a name. 19 i^k m THE CHANNEL FLBEl The Spirit of the Storm, boys, The wild tornado rides, Hark to his tireful tempest strains ? O'er hoary ocean's wide domain He calls her angry tides : The heaving ocean hears hid call, Sen(j8 forth her surging billows all White scathing from her sides. Then hail ye warring elements ! Thy nurslings bid ye hail ! Where flies the British flag more free Than on the piping gale ? 2 Aloft the signal flies, boys ! The line of battle form I Then from the land each noble ship, From wave to wave, like dolphins skip, To battle with the storm : Bravely our signall'd course we keep, Arid buoyant o'er the watera sweep, On crested billows borne. Then hail ye warring elements f Thy nurselings bid ye hail I Where flies the British flag more free Than on the piping gale ? 3 The horricane is on us boys ! We spring his wrath to meet ! Nor heaf te nor hands before it quail— We're nurselings of the howling gale That man the Gallant fleet. Bent is each spar — the springing masts Seem parrying with the shrieking blasts That scourge the rolling deep. Then hail ye waring elements I .1.1IJ- u.u.i~.iiii-^n uiu ye nail i Where flies the British flag itiore free Than on the piping gale ? eo The tempest demon Jjowls, boys. Old Ocean foIIh in foAm I Mid blinding rain and flying spray. Undaunted cleave our watery way, Nor heed the temjxjst'e moan. Firm at his post, each hardy tar Is prompt to meet the stormy war, On planks that quivering groan. Then hail ye warring elements I Thy nurslings bid ye hail ! Where flies the British flag more free Than on the piping gale ? n TriumphanUy we ride, boyg, A brave and gallant sight ; Our streaming pendants flaunting fly, Mid muttering elements that die All baffled by our mi^ht. Long may Brittania rule the wave, Her feet the rushing billows lave, Her cause the cause ore them away, nd wafted their odours as murnmring they passcSd he sun-tinted clouds the mountains were veiling * [hence the eagle looked forth from her evrie uu^'en. i- spread her broad wings on the breeze proudly sjiiling, fhile the glen and the cavern renjchoed her scream. * hchant«d I gazed— saw new beauties revealing, f hich the wild hand of nature so plenteoualy fliik, fh^o a soft strain of music around mocatoe stealiAff- hd richer and clearer the symphony rung • j)w tremblingly sad as a Requiem's moan. I mingled and swelled with the rush of a strean, f a minstrel, all aged, dejected and lone, J)ured his lay of regret to the sun's setting beam : lis time-wasted form in sorrow low bending, leath the cleft of a rock by the ivy o'erhung blendln ®^® ^'^ °^^^*'^ shadows Was k unconscious to all, but the Lay he thus sung :— L.nm't^nT'l''*^'S!u^^i^^''' thou art one desolation, fom the Isles of the West to the heights of Ben-More ; hy pibroch low ^wails the sad dirge of a nation, ' the heart-stricken strains of " Lochaber no more." ^, Albion my country ! thy glory's uoparted ! hy hunters and warriors shall know thee no more, bey re banished, dispersed, and i)ine broken-hearted pr the hiH» they so loved m their heart's deepest core. '^mounSs-'^^ *^^ ""^^^ *'"°°' *^^ heath-covered;; - L I A "■?'.! A 23 They are found not by river, etrath, co- nc or glen No maidens Ijip blythe to thy moss-co\red fbuntai'J JNo echo gives back the bold shout of thy men. ^ See tbo brood of the eagle from yon pinuacle cast JBy the might of the tempest, lie prostrate below, J heir eyrie eo strong rudely shred on the blast, Meet typo-yet how s^d— of my country laid low ! Shame, shame on the avarice that prompted thy nii jDescendan+s of heroes, proud, noble and bruvo, Ihat disi>ersed thee abroad like autumn leaves strc^ lo languish mid strangers far over the wave. Bttt Britain shall miss thee in her dark hour of dan] When sedition or foemen her glory assail, And call for the broadswords that oft have avenged! Ihe mjuredand scattered brave sons of the Gael. The records of time shall emblazen thy stoiy mth all that the loyal and valiant can claim ; • 1 he wide world shall bend to thy high martial glnrvJ Ihy name be the fibst on the bright roll of Fame"' n OUB VOLUNTEEES. Hark i the war trump's thrilling call I Up, Canadians, one and all I Brook not that the martial strain Be sounded in thy ears in vain. Thcu rally with a cheer of cheers, In bands of gallant volunteers. The gnarled oak that strongly grows Hath yielded to thy echoing blows; ' Such men to foes can never yield, But victors prove ia every field. Then rally with a cheer of cheers, In bands of gallant volunteers. fRBA,4thJan [)mmg events c 24^ Leave the counter and the mart, Come with patriotic heart, Undaunted take a manly stand, As Champions of our glorious land. Then rally with a cheer of cheers, In bands of gallant Volunteers. Come, ye sons of honest toil ! Come, ye yeomen of the soil ! tome like whirlwinds in their wrath, oweep the mvaders from your path. Then rally with a cheer of cheers, In bands of gallant Volunteers. And Britain's Flag in front shall wave, A meteor star to lure the brave ; And Britain's sons dii tot thy might, And nobly aid thee in the fight. Then rally with a cheer of cheers, In bands of gallani, Volunteers. Oh I shrink not from the deadly game ! VV here danger reigns, there dwelleth fame ; IwilJ wreath aLAUR>]L round thy Sheap; •lira to green bays thy Maple Leaf I hen rally with a cheer of cheers, In bands of gallant Volunteers I [rba, 4th January, 1862. n -CANADA. bming events oast their shadows before."— Campbell. Byensanguined fields, by hecatombs slain, By anarchy's ^gantio stride. Lome, x-atriottj, ibrth from hill and plain, And rank thee firmly side by side ; r ' - • I 4. ■■SXXiii i^ » Let Volilnteww their ranks re-fb»m*«- Tis yet the calm boforis ttie storm. DfMm ikM) o# Peaotf with Witf ^ lie^ •. Theo^|»rft8Sor's eye is on yourlAB* : Byall that Matf hbld^ sAttred, deair Prepare the invaders to withstand • Let Volunteerti 1ih«ir raniDs re-ferm— 1 IS yet the oaliia^ befdfff the storm. Be trafti>idfarid to^Mi^mtotike 4^, AU m theifmmty^ d**8e^(iiii^l«lv T X ^°i*^ ^^ '^® majesty of right. Ijet Volinrt«!»r their ranks rfe-formM* 1 is yet the oatai' bisftirdthe rtorta. Away wifh|JW8feiif^*!witefell6d«^^ ^Ab a »«8^erfNa«feri>s|>rftt^tb»flWf On Heavein «#> m fowtm^ r%,. T f to<""»nly bide war's worst alarms. Ij^ Volii5*eo»46eir( rarts ite.ft)i«»« 'i .vuif;,- TBI AlffltldS Ml Proud emblem of Equajki*! vaWd > dream, m^' T° v, "'ft""* *» uigui ye 81111 essay. ^•i& n-!2LS&';j'r>^^«*^l*esfair Freedom's ray A world^M L^i^u^^^i^^^^ Tho'Vin7bS»^?i^^SrSS#. 26 Inge deeper yet thy wings in kindred gore, ^om no a«t of infamy tUy power restrain, Jmolate fresh victims, scream aloud for more, [ the insensate slave at once let loose the chain, lye half a Continent to rapine, lust and flame, tet Southern Chivalry undismayed shall stand hough * anaticism may yet to blacker deeds attain, fepared, tjtnited m one patriot band, S chaise thy rabble hordes from off her sunnv land 3 ped boaster, furious, scorned, enraged, ly, by what new cruelties shall thy cause prevail ? in ii. ®^^^"6st never be assuaged, 111 to One Tyrant's rule ye cowering quail •) escape the woes the many must entail ? IS t thy fate m fragments to be hurled, Qd retnbution s record bear no darker tale ? > told thy wings in dark oblivion furled, I more to tan the flames that devastate a world f )BaA, January, 1868. •-^=^^A^^=:^