Poems and Songs By Robert Gilfillan. Fourth edition. With memoir of the author, and appendix of his latest pieces |
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O! STRIKE THE WILD HARP.
O! strike the wild harp, and its chords let them swell,
The deeds and the fame of our fathers to tell;
When red was the fight, by land or by sea,
They fought as the brave, or fell as the free!
The deeds and the fame of our fathers to tell;
When red was the fight, by land or by sea,
They fought as the brave, or fell as the free!
They crouch'd not from danger, they shrunk not from pain,
When bold hearts were needed our freedom to gain!
The watchword was still, and it ever shall be—
To fight as the brave, or fall as the free!
When bold hearts were needed our freedom to gain!
The watchword was still, and it ever shall be—
To fight as the brave, or fall as the free!
They join'd heart to heart, and they link'd hand to hand,
Together to fall, or together to stand;
And woe to the foe who had courage to dare,
When swords flashed revenge, and eyes struck despair!
Together to fall, or together to stand;
And woe to the foe who had courage to dare,
When swords flashed revenge, and eyes struck despair!
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Old Scotland! loved country—our own native land,
May peace guard thy mountains, and freedom thy strand;
But war let it come, or by land or by sea,
We'll fight like our fathers, or fall as the free!
May peace guard thy mountains, and freedom thy strand;
But war let it come, or by land or by sea,
We'll fight like our fathers, or fall as the free!
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