A. H. Laidlaw Soul Poems
- 1. The American Girls
Yes! The land we love
Is a land of pretty girls,
In grand variety;
With their many colored eyes
... - 2. The American Girl
The maid for man to love,
All other forms above,
Is she whose home adorns the loam of this fair land of mine:
American in sire,
... - 3. Marshal Ney's Farewell
Adieu to France! Land of the Brave, farewell!
Sleep sweetly there, thy sons will watch by thee,
High as thy hills their burning blood will swell,
To leave thee as they find thee, fair and free.
... - 4. Bird Of The Summering North
Bird of the summering North,
Whither away?
Fly you so gaily forth
Simply to stay
... - 5. The Custer Wail
Dead! Where the bold and brave
Blend in one bloody grave;
Dead! With no coward clay
Weltering in gore that day.
... - 6. The Flag Of Brothers
There is blood upon the Banner, the Banner of the Free,
There is blood upon our Banner, and it lies 'twixt you and me,
And, like the blood of Abel, it crieth from the sod,
And it crieth unto God throughout the Morning.
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