I.
Only a private! his jacket of gray
Is stained by the smoke and the dust;
As Bayard, he’s brave; as Rupert, he’s gay;
Reckless as Murat in heat of the fray,
But in God is his only trust!
II.
Only a private! to march and to fight,
To suffer and starve and be strong;
With knowledge enough to know that the might