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I have ten thousand for defense, but none to surrender; if you
want our weapons come and get them.
I have ten thousand for defense, but none to surrender; if you
want our weapons come and get them.
They know no country, own no lord,
Their home the camp, their law the sword.
They know no country, own no lord,
Their home the camp, their law the sword.
St. Leon raised his kindling eye,
And lifts the sparkling cup on high;
"I drink to one," read more
St. Leon raised his kindling eye,
And lifts the sparkling cup on high;
"I drink to one," he said,
"Whose image never may depart,
Deep graven on this grateful heart,
Till memory be dead."
. . . .
St. Leon paused, as if he would
Not breathe her name in careless mood
Thus lightly to another;
Then bent his noble head, as though
To give the word the reverence due,
And gently said, "My mother!"
Hands across the sea,
Feet on English ground,
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Hands across the sea,
Feet on English ground,
The old blood is bold blood, the wide world round.
Here's a health to the lass with the merry black eyes!
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Here's a health to the lass with the merry black eyes!
Here's a health to the lad with the blue ones!
Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home.
Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home.
Here's to you, as good as you are,
And here's to me, as bad as I am;
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Here's to you, as good as you are,
And here's to me, as bad as I am;
But as good as you are, and as bad as I am,
I am as good as your are, as bad as I am.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with
what is right in America.
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with
what is right in America.