The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid |
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SONNET I.
Addressed to my Friends at Yale College, on my leaving them to join the Army.
Adieu, thou Yale! where youthful poets dwell,
No more I linger by thy classic stream.
Inglorious case and sportive songs farewell!
Thou startling clarion! break the sleeper's dream!
No more I linger by thy classic stream.
Inglorious case and sportive songs farewell!
Thou startling clarion! break the sleeper's dream!
And sing, ye bards! the war-inspiring theme.
Heard ye the din of battle? clang of arms?
Saw ye the steel 'mid starry banners beam?
Quick throbs my breast at war's untried alarms,
Unknown pulsations stirr'd by glory's charms.
Heard ye the din of battle? clang of arms?
Saw ye the steel 'mid starry banners beam?
Quick throbs my breast at war's untried alarms,
Unknown pulsations stirr'd by glory's charms.
While dear Columbia calls, no danger awes,
Though certain death to threaten'd chains be join'd.
Though fails this flesh devote to freodom's cause,
Can death subdue th' unconquerable mind?
Or adamantine chains ethereal substance bind?
Though certain death to threaten'd chains be join'd.
Though fails this flesh devote to freodom's cause,
Can death subdue th' unconquerable mind?
Or adamantine chains ethereal substance bind?
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