Who'll take the flimsy fire escape, or dive

Into the net, glad to get out alive;

Who, tho the skies be unpropitious, crowds

His way along, unmindful of the clouds;

Who never quits, in life's unequal bout,

But keeps on fighting till he's counted out.

[THE SIXTH OF APRIL]

Awake, Americans! Awake! Awake!

'Tis April Sixth! A year of War and yet