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LATIN HYMN

A thousand, a thousand, a thousand,
A thousand, a thousand, a thousand,

We, with one warrior, have slain !

A thousand, a thousand, a thousand, a thousand,

Sing a thousand over again!

Soho! let us sing

Long life to our king,

Who knocked over a thousand so fine!

Soho!- - let us roar,

He has given us more

Red gallons of gore

Than all Syria can furnish of wine!

SONG OF TRIUMPH

Who is king but Epiphanes?
Say-do you know?

Who is king but Epiphanes?

Bravo! - bravo!

There is none but Epiphanes,

No there is none:

So tear down the temples,

And put out the sun!

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8 [Song of Triumph] S.L.M. and 1840 repeat after this line the first four

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As for Locke, he is all in my eye;

May the d- -l right soon for his soul call.

He never was known to lie

In bed at a reveille roll-call.

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John Locke was a notable name;

Joe Locke is a greater: in short,
The former was well known to fame,
But the latter's well known "to report."

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TO KATE CAROL

When from your gems of thought I turn
To those pure orbs, your heart to learn,
I scarce know which to prize most high
The bright i-dea, or bright dear-eye.

THE DEPARTED

Where the river ever floweth,

Where the green grass ever groweth,
Where each star most faintly gloweth,
Do I wander on;

My thick pulses hastily beating,

My quick glances now retreating,
And, with bold advance, now meeting,
Shadows of the gone!

Lonely, by that lovely river,

Where the moon-lit blossoms quiver,

Do I wander on forever,

Musing on the past;

When the weary moon descendeth,
When each pale star earthward bendeth,
Then

my soul strong memories sendeth, –
Joys too bright to last!

She, earth's bright and loveliest flower,
Spirit, cooped in mortal bower,

She, whose voice alone had power

O'er my soul, is gone!

Vain, oh! vain, are tears and wailing,

Fierce deep grief is unavailing,

Yet are they my heart assailing, –

Proud heart, never won!

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See the White Eagle soaring aloft to the sky,
Wakening the broad welkin with his loud battle cry;
Then here's the White Eagle, full daring is he,

As he sails on his pinions o'er valley and sea.

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