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...WISDOM COMETH WITH THE YEARS by COUNTEE CULLEN DOMEDAY BOOK: MIRIAM FAY'S LETTER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: DOW BRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE RAT by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON HEART'S FIRST WORD (2) by ISAAC ROSENBERG |