After all,
One country, brethren! We must rise or fall
With the Supreme Republic. We must be
The makers of her immortality,-
Her freedom, fame,
Her glory or her shame:
Liegemen to God and fathers of the free!
After all-
Hark! from the heights the clear, strong, clarion call
And the command imperious: “Stand forth,
Sons of the South and brothers of the North!
Stand forth and be
As one on soil and sea-
Your country’s honor more than empire’s worth!”
After all,
‘T is Freedom wears the loveliest coronal;
Her brow is to the morning; in the sod
She breathes the breath of patriots; every clod
Answers her call
And rises like a wall
Against the foes of liberty and God!
(Frank Lebby Stanton)
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