Nay, not with the eloquent word or thought,

From the mouths of wonderful men.

"But deep in the walled-up woman's heart—

Of women that would not yield.

But, bravely, silently bore their part—

Lo, there is the battle-field.

"No marshaling troops, no bivouac song,

No banner to gleam and wave;

But oh, these battles they last so long—

From babyhood to the grave."