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Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 8, Issue 45, July, 1861
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1861, by Various
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Title: Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, Issue 45, July, 1861
Author: Various
Release Date: February 18, 2004 [eBook #11154]
Language: English
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THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS.
VOL. VIII.--JULY, 1861.--NO. XLV.
OUR ORDERS.
Weave no more silks, ye Lyons looms, To deck our girls for gay delights! The crimson flower of battle blooms, And solemn marches fill the nights.
Weave but the flag whose bars to-day Drooped heavy o'er our early dead, And homely garments, coarse and gray, For orphans that must earn their bread!
Keep back your tunes, ye viols sweet, That pour delight from other lands! Rouse there the dancer's restless feet,-- The trumpet leads our warrior bands.
And ye that wage the war of words With mystic fame and subtle power, Go, chatter to the idle birds, Or teach the lesson of the hour!
Ye Sibyl Arts, in one stern knot Be all your offices combined! Stand close, while Courage draws the lot, The destiny of humankind!
And if that destiny could fail, The sun should darken in the sky, The eternal