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THE FORT MOULTRIE TEMPERANCE FLAG.
Come, plant the Temperance Standard, boys,
On old Fort Moultrie's wall!
With hand and heart, with word and deed,
Obey the gallant call
O, that will be joyful,
When the Temperance Flag's unfurled;
The waves shall swell, and the breeze shall tell
That the Temperance Flag's unfurled!
On old Fort Moultrie's wall!
With hand and heart, with word and deed,
Obey the gallant call
O, that will be joyful,
When the Temperance Flag's unfurled;
The waves shall swell, and the breeze shall tell
That the Temperance Flag's unfurled!
No wife shall weep heart-broken, boys,
Or stand with mute despair,
And ask the earth to cover her,
When that floats on the air!
O, that will be joyful,
When wives shall weep no more;—
The waves shall swell, and the breeze shall tell,
That wives shall weep no more!
Or stand with mute despair,
And ask the earth to cover her,
When that floats on the air!
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When wives shall weep no more;—
The waves shall swell, and the breeze shall tell,
That wives shall weep no more!
No hungry, pining infant, boys,
Shall learn to curse our name;
To our white flag their eyes shall turn,
And love's protection claim.
O, that will be joyful,
When childhood pines no more;—
The waves shall swell, and the breeze shall tell,
That childhood pines no more!
Shall learn to curse our name;
To our white flag their eyes shall turn,
And love's protection claim.
O, that will be joyful,
When childhood pines no more;—
The waves shall swell, and the breeze shall tell,
That childhood pines no more!
Our sisters' cheeks not then will blush
Beneath their burning tears,
Our fathers' steps will softly tread
The sloping vale of years.
O, that will be joyful,
When friends shall blush no more;—
The waves shall swell, and the breeze shall tell,
That friends will blush no more!
Beneath their burning tears,
Our fathers' steps will softly tread
The sloping vale of years.
O, that will be joyful,
When friends shall blush no more;—
The waves shall swell, and the breeze shall tell,
That friends will blush no more!
And should our moral Flag-staff, boys,
On the ramparts chance to fall,
May some Temperance Jasper forward spring,
And plant it on the wall!
O, that will be joyful,
When Temperance Jaspers rise,—
The waves shall swell, and the breeze shall tell,
When Temperance Jaspers rise!
On the ramparts chance to fall,
May some Temperance Jasper forward spring,
And plant it on the wall!
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When Temperance Jaspers rise,—
The waves shall swell, and the breeze shall tell,
When Temperance Jaspers rise!
Sullivan's Island, 1846.
Note.—In the beginning of the action at Fort Moultrie, June 28, 1776, the flag-staff of the American troops was shot away. Sergeant Jasper, of the grenadiers, immediately jumped on the beach, took up the flag, and fastened it on a sponge-staff. With it in his hand he mounted the merlon, and though the ships were directing their incessant broadsides at the spot, he deliberately fixed it.
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