SOUND now the trumpet warningly! The storm is rolling nearer, The hour is striking clearer, In the dusky dome of sky. If dark and wild the morning be, A darker morn before us Shall fling its shadows o'er us If we let the hour go by. Sound we then the trumpet chorus! Sound the onset wild and high! Country and Liberty! Freedom and Victory! These words shall be our cry, -- Fremont and Victory! Sound, sound the trumpet fearlessly! Each arm its vigor lending, Bravely with wrong contending, And shouting Freedom's cry! The Kansas homes stand cheerlessly, The sky with flame is ruddy, The prairie turf is bloody, Where the brave and gentle die. Sound the trumpet stern and steady! Sound the trumpet strong and high! Country and Liberty! Freedom and Victory! These words shall be our cry, -- Fremont and Victory! Sound now the trumpet cheerily! Nor dream of Heaven's forsaking The issue of its making, That Right with Wrong must try. The cloud that hung so drearily The Northern winds are breaking; The Northern Lights are shaking Their fire-flags in the sky. Sound the signal of awaking; Sound the onset wild and high! Country and Liberty! Freedom and Victory! These words shall be our cry, -- Fremont and Victory! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OF ANY OLD MAN by ISAAC ROSENBERG ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT DON JUAN: DEDICATION [OR, INVOCATION] by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE KISS TO THE FLAG by JEAN FRANCOIS VICTOR AICARD RECESS by MILDRED TELFORD BARNWELL |