For we’re going home, boys!—going home!”
(May the good God’s hand
Keep that gallant band
From my second’s wrath, and guide to land!)
“Let the song be heard, the dance, and mirth!
Glad be each heart, each step be light!
Away with care and the woes of earth!
Gay be the festal hall to-night!”
(So the revelers sang,
And the goblets rang,