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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 342 (search)
en rise, battle-shod. I may not stand in mart or hall, And shout aloud great Freedom's call, “Come to the rescue, one and all!” I am a woman, weak and slight, No voice to plead, no arm to fight, Yet burning to support the Right. How shall I aid my Country's cause? How help avenge her trampled laws? Alas, my woman's heart makes pause. With oil and wine I may not go, Where wounded men toss to and fro, Beneath the invader's hand laid low. My little child looks up to me, And lisps a stronger, mightier plea; God wills where he is, I should be. Ah, well;--I am not needed! He Who knows my heart, perchance, for me Has other work than now I see. “They also serve, who stand and wait,” -- Oh, golden words!--and not too late! My soul accepts her humbler fate. Content to serve in any way, Less than the least, if so I may But hail the dawning of that day, When my beloved Land shall rise, And shout as one man to the skies, Lo! Freedom lives, and Treason dies! --Salem (Mass.) Re
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 374 (search)
Rev. Dr. Worcester, of Salem, Mass., in addressing the City Guards of that city, previous to their departure for the war, closed his remarks amidst profound stillness, as follows:--Soldiers, on a memorable night of ancient battle, when a few men routed many thousands, their watch-cry was, The sword of the Lord and of Gideon. I give to you, soldiers, for your watch-cry, The sword of the Lord and of Washington. --Boston Transcript, May 11.