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To
be sung to “Bruce’s Address to his Army”
Who is this ye say is
slain?
Whose
voice answers not again?
Ellsworth,
shall we call in vain
On
thy name to-day?
No!
from every vale and hill
One
response all hearts shall thrill:
“Ellsworth’s
fame is with us still,
Ne’er
to pass away!”
Bring
that rebel banner low,
Hoisted
by a treacherous foe:
‘Twas
for that they dealt the blow,
Laid
him in the dust.
Raise
aloft, that all may see,
His
loved flag of liberty.
Forward,
then, to victory,
Or
perish if we must!
Hark
to what Columbia saith:
“Mourn
not for his early death;
With
each patriot’s dying breath
Strength
renewed is given
To
the cause of truth and right,
To
the land for which they fight.
After
darkness cometh light,
Such
the law of Heaven.”
So
we name him not in vain,
Though
he comes not back again!
For
his country he was slain;
Ellsworth’s
blood shall rise
To
our gracious Saviour-King—
‘Tis
a holy gift we bring;
Such
a sacred offering
God
will not despise.
-
Harper’s Weekly, June 8, 1861,
p. 357
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