But truths. Let one suffice for all!
There lives near Elgin, Illinois,
A man whose wealth, five noble boys,
Was all he had to cheer his age,
And soothe life’s closing pilgrimage;
The call was heard; and, one by one,
He sent them forth with sword and gun;
At Lexington his youngest fell,
And one at Shiloh by a shell:
A third at Pea Ridge lost his life,