From altar, from country, from kith and kin torn;
No brother, no sister, no friend.
To the field, then! Be strong, and acquit ye like men!
Who shall fear for his country to fall?
Ye younger, in ranks firmly serried remain;
Ye elders, though weak, look on flight with disdain,
And honor your fatherland’s call!
Tyrtæos (The Spanish), Manuel José Quintāna, whose odes stimulated the Spaniards to vindicate their liberty, at the outbreak of the War of Independence (1772-1857).
⁂ Who can tell the influence of such odes as the Marseillaise, or some of the Jacobite songs, on the spirit of a people? Even the music-hall song, “We don’t want to fight,” almost roused the English nation into a war with Russia in 1878.
Tyson (Kate), a romantic young lady, who marries Frank Cheeney.--Wybert Reeve, Parted.