[96] Land, in its forest-like condition.
[97] The “Kingly Oak”.
[98] This poem was composed during the author’s visit to his friend, J. C——, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Sept., 1865.
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Up, up my Brave Comrades![99]
(An Exhortation to the Volunteers)
Up, up, my brave comrades! with courage abounding,
Don your pouches and rifles—the bugle is sounding;