And saved a great cause that heroic day.
THE FIRING LINE
By Joaquin Miller
For glory? For good? For fortune or fame?
Why, he for the front when the battle is on!
Leave the rear to the dolt, the lazy, the lame,
Go forward as ever the valiant have gone;
Whether city or field, whether mountain or mine,
Go forward, right on to the Firing Line.
Whether newsboy or plowboy, cowboy or clerk,