The next, like fire he meets the foe,
And strikes him dead—for thine and thee.”
We see by this lyric that patriotism and heroic effort have their root and origin in home affection.
The next song represents the influence of the family, of which the child is the bond, upon the mother:
“Home they brought her warrior dead:
She nor swoon’d nor utter’d cry:
All her maidens, watching, said,
‘She must weep or she will die.’
“Then they praised him, soft and low,
Call’d him worthy to be loved,