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     Not ours, where battle smoke upcurls,

       And battle dews lie wet,

     To meet the charge that treason hurls

       By sword and bayonet.

     Not ours to guide the fatal scythe

       The fleshless Reaper wields;

     The harvest moon looks calmly down

       Upon our peaceful fields.

     The long grass dimples on the hill,

       The pines sing by the sea,

     And Plenty, from her golden horn,

       Is pouring far and free.

     O brothers by the farther sea!

       Think still our faith is warm;

     The same bright flag above us waves

       That swathed our baby form.

     The same red blood that dyes your fields

       Here throbs in patriot pride,—

     The blood that flowed when Lander fell,

       And Baker's crimson tide.

     And thus apart our hearts keep time

       With every pulse ye feel,

     And Mercy's ringing gold shall chime

       With Valor's clashing steel.