388    THE WISCONSIN FARMER.



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              IN THE BATTLE.
 The following spirited lines fromn the mmeiainna As-tb
ly for FebruaT y, are by a Boston lady, Mime Lucretia No-
ble:
The drums are beat, the trumpets blow,
The tirtck-nmouthed cannon bay the foe,
D., k briettingo'er each murky height,'
And all the field is whirled in fight.
Tbe long life in the drowsy tent
Fades irom me like a v sion spent;
I stand upon the battle's marge.
And watch the smoking equadrons charge
Behold one etarry banner reel
Wth that wild shock of steel on steel;
And ringing up by rock and tree
At last the cry that summons me.
I hear It in my vibrant soul,
Deep thundering back Its conuntr roll;
And all life's ore seems newly wrought
In the white turuace of my thought
N. dresm that made my days divine
  But flashe hack some mystic sign;
  And every shape that ePrt was bright
  Sweeps by me garmentod in light.
  ULgh legends of im mirtal praise,
  Br. .w of world heroes bound with bayb.
  The crowned maje ti.s of Time
  1:1se visIoned on my soul sublime.
  Dear living lips of leve and prayer
  Come chanting through the blackened air;
  An 1 eyes look nt of marble tombs.
  And hands are waved from churchyard glooms.
  'Chargel ChargeI" at last thecaptains cry:
  We pant-we speed-we leap-we fly-
  I e.l my Ititing feet apire.
  As I were born of wibd asd fire.
  On. *n I where wild the battle swims,
  On. on no bade my vision dims;
  Trans endent o'er you smoky wreath
  I see the glory of great Death.
  o m. flashing blade, and hissing ball
  I give my blood. ny bIeath, my all,
  S. that o, yonder r. ccke height
  The Stars and Stripes may wave to-night!


  ,It is said that printed  declarations,
with blank forms. are to be used by young la-
dies who have lovers too modest to propose.
The lady herself fills out the blank, and, of
course, no sensible man can refuse to sign it.



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