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Page 24 text:
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From fireworks and crackers in A crimson fringe of flame, As o ' er tlie swaying wheattield green The children onward came, Following where their colonel led, You know his honored name ! Ah ! discipline is good indeed, Tho ' Washington had none, Nor Marion, the swamp-fox, You know, sir, how they won So, take the boys back again, ' T was but a little fun. Oh, temper judgment with your love, Stern general, master, man ! A boy ' s life grows harder with Each hour ' s length ' ning Epan ! So take the boys back again. Nor put them under ban. But give them Nassau bacon soaked With tar and kerosene ! Replace their patent-leathers with A knap-sack and canteen ; Then let them trj ' their fireworks in A May wheatfleld of green. Though Melton gray, or Union blue, With pompon standing high ; Though some calloused veteran sing Rockabye, baby bye ! You know those same cadets will march To win the day — or die ! So take the boys; home again To the happy V. M. I. With thanks to John S. Wise for his story of New Market in an old Century. — Eva S. Grant. Newcastle, Va. 18
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Page 23 text:
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Wo CSencral SUipp- O golden-throated orators, Have you no word to say For erring youth so penitent, Who hang their heads to-day ; Who sorrow for a night of sport ; Beneath the millij ' -way ? O Fourth-of-July revelers, Grown old and gray with age. Have you no place to make for those Who scorned a captain ' s rage, And for one hour of happiness Nor draw the exile ' s wage? But hear the heardless youths that pray For mercy. Man forgets The tears of youth when once his sun In western sky low sets ; Though age is but a step away From college and cadets ! Remember how the fires of youth Burned in your blood as hot ! E ' en though you fired no rockets from The barrack ' s chimnej ' -pot ! Nor fastened in your captain Till the fireworks were sot ! ' ' Remember those hegiras of The long, long years ago ! Ah ! some of them who played the games With happy hearts aglow. Now sleep in silent victory O ' er life ' s best fun, you know ! For they went not on barrack roof To shell the starry sky ! They marched up to the cannon ' s mouth And aimed full true and high ! Those heroes of New Market who Did for their country die ! So may the boys who braved disgrace For one brief hour ' s spree. With wanton fire-pops and squibs And dancing sparks of glee. Brave, sterner, cruel generals To keep their country free ! So may they face the Spanish gun. As did those boys of old. With clumsy Belgian rifles ; Their colonel (I ' ve been told) Cheer ' d lustily and joyously As blue smoke upward rolled. 17
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