 | Original Songs (1861) |  |
99
THE YOUNG ENSIGN.
I
To honour our house, I alone was selectedAs ensign to serve in our corps.
I resolved that my deeds should still make respected
The name which my forefathers bore.
II
I know I am young to be thus entrusted,But the brightest of days has its dawn;
And the sword of my sires in its scabbard ne'er rusted,
But was always the first to be drawn.
T. M.
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