The Knights of the New Chivalry
What does our soldier take to war?
So much we cannot give him more:
Thanks, that in him a sword we draw
Tempered by liberty and law;
Faith in his honor, that is ours —
A letter writ to baleful powers;
Envy, that he it is, not we,
To welcome peril over-sea;
Pride, that our land shall worship long
At altars by his valor strong;
Love, that in absence is more dear
And made more tender by its fear;
His country's praises, spirit-pure,
In life or death, for him secure:
These shall go with him, and what more
Could knightly soldier take to war?
So much we cannot give him more:
Thanks, that in him a sword we draw
Tempered by liberty and law;
Faith in his honor, that is ours —
A letter writ to baleful powers;
Envy, that he it is, not we,
To welcome peril over-sea;
Pride, that our land shall worship long
At altars by his valor strong;
Love, that in absence is more dear
And made more tender by its fear;
His country's praises, spirit-pure,
In life or death, for him secure:
These shall go with him, and what more
Could knightly soldier take to war?
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