I. G. Blanchard

I. G. Blanchard, “The Warfare,” The Radical Review, 533. THE WARFARE. Along the battle’s flaming van We mark the tried and true, —Defenders of the cause of man, A chosen, peerless few.Born to their mission and inspired, Oh, should they fall, we feelNo spirit would like theirs be fired, No hand could wield their steel. Yet, one by one, they step aside, Or on the red field lie,And still their places are supplied, Still rings the battle-cry;Still o’er the hoary walls of Wrong Truth’s startling missiles fly,And still, with steady step and strong, Her hosts are marching by. And so […]