Patriot’s Day

                                                        For April 19, 1895

Unfurl the flag, and let it float,

     For Patriot’s Day is here;

O, let it wave o’er every grave,

     Of soldiers far and near.

            They were so brave,

            They died to save,

And now we hold them dear.

And o’er the field at Lexington,

     O, see it catch the breeze;

And by and by we see it fly,

     O’er concord’s spreading tress.

            “Long live!” we cry,

            “‘Neath freedom’s sky,

It’s silken olds release!”

And, if in danger ‘twere again,

     We’d muster, one and all;

The green we’d hold, with courage bold,

     And Concord’s famous wall.

            We’re minutemen,

            And would again,

Fly to our country’s call.

April 14, 1895

Pub. in Boston

Standard, Jr.

April 20,

1895