OUR COUNTRY IS CALLING. Be our beloved country's shield, Till the war has passed away. OUR COUNTRY IS CALLING. BY F. H. HEDGE, D. D. [Wohl auf! Cameraden! aufs Pferd, aufs Pferd!] OU UR country is calling! Go forth! go forth! In danger your manhood must prove its worth, Our country is calling, our country that bleeds The soldier who fronts death face to face Our country is calling! we come! we come! For Freedom and Union we rally; 23 24 THE VOICE OF THE NORTH. Our heart-beat echoes the beating drum, Our thoughts with the trumpet tally; Our country is calling with names that of old May those of to-day, when its tale shall be told, Be our banner redeemed the reward of our scars, No scathe on its stripes and no cloud on its stars! THE VOICE OF THE NORTH. UP BY JOHN G. WHITTIER. the hill-side, down the glen, Rouse the sleeping citizen: Summon out the might of men! It is coming- it is nigh! THE VOICE OF THE NORTH. Clang the bells in all your spires, Oh! for God and duty stand, Whoso shrinks or falters now, Freedom's soil has only place Perish party-perish clan; Like the angels' voice sublime, With one heart and with one mouth, 25 Camp-ward, the watchfires gleam Hope-fires shine everywhere, Crouches th' assassin spy; Shrinks at the guardsman's tread, Quails 'fore his gleaming eyes, Creeps back with baffled hate, Naught can beguile his bold, Visions unheeded dance. Fearless of lurking spy, Scornful of wassail-swell, 27 |