Awake, my spirit! Think through whom

Thy life-blood tracks its parent lake,

And then strike home!

Tread those reviving passions down,

Unworthy manhood!—unto thee 30

Indifferent should the smile or frown

Of beauty be.

If thou regret’st thy youth, why live?

The land of honourable death

Is here:—up to the field, and give 35