O mount and go, mount and make you ready, O mount and go, and be the Captain's lady. When the drums do beat, and the cannons rattle, Thou shalt sit in state, and see thy love in battle: When the drums do beat, and the cannons rattle, Thou shalt sit in state, and see thy love in battle. O mount and go, &c. When the vanquish'd foe sues for peace and quiet, To the shades we'll go, and in love enjoy it: When the vanquish'd foe sues for peace and quiet, To the shades we'll go, and in love enjoy it. O mount and go, &c. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GEIST'S GRAVE by MATTHEW ARNOLD TO THE SOUTH ON ITS NEW SLAVERY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR NEW YORK AT NIGHT by AMY LOWELL THE BEAN-STALK by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY NORMAN CRADLE-SONG by VINCENT JAMES O'SULLIVAN SONNET TO BRITAIN by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN IN DEFENSE OF YOUTH by ROBBINS WOLCOTT BARSTOW PURIFICATION OF YE B. VIRGIN (TO A BASE, A TENOR, AND TWO TREBLES) by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |