With unstained banners and unsullied shields,
With shining swords that point to victory,
And great young hearts that know not how to fear,—
The Children come to save the weary world!
HEROISM.
It takes great strength to train
To modern service your ancestral brain;
To lift the weight of the unnumbered years
Of dead men’s habits, methods, and ideas;
To hold that back with one hand, and support