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_Is life but a dream? and so, In the dream do men laugh aloud? So strange seems mirth in a camp, So like a white tent to a shroud. IS LIFE BUT A DREAM AND SO IN THE DREAM DO MEN LAUGH ALOUD SO STRANGE SEEMS MIRTH IN A CAMP SO LIKE A WHITE TENT TO A SHROUD
es have lain By fires where gums and balms did burn, And the seeds of Summer’s reign. _Where are the birds and boys? Who shall go chestnutting when October returns? The nuts-- O, long ere they grow again._ They snug their huts with the chapel-pews, In court-houses stable their steeds-- Kindle their fires with indentures and bonds, And old Lord Fairfax’s parchment deeds; And Virginian gentlemen’s libraries old-- Books which only the scholar heeds-- Are flung to his kennel. It is ravage and range, And gardens are left to weeds. _Turned adrift into war Man runs wild on the plain, Like the jennets let loose On the Pampas--zebras again._ Like the Pleiads dim, see the tents through the storm-- Aloft by the hill-side hamlet’s graves, On a head-stone used for a hearth-stone there The water is bubbling for punch for our braves. What if the night be drear, and the blast Ghostly shrieks? their rollicking staves Make frolic the heart; beating time with their swords, What care they if Winter raves? REARY LEAGUES LIKE A MASSACRE SHOW THE ARMIES HAVE LAIN BY FIRES WHERE GUMS AND BALMS DID BURN IN THE SEEDS OF SUMMER'S RAIN WHERE ARE THE BIRDS AND BOYS WHO SHALL GO CHESTNUTTING WHEN OCTOBER RETURNS THE NUTS OH LONG ERE THEY GROW AGAIN THEY SNUG THEIR HUTS WITH THE CHAPEL PEWS IN COURT HOUSES STABLE THEIR STEEDS KINDLE THEIR FIRES WITH INDENTURES AND BONDS IN OLD LORD FAIRFAX'S PARCHMENT DEEDS AND VIRGINIAN GENTLEMAN'S LIBRARIES OLD BOOKS WHICH ONLY THE SCHOLAR HEEDS ARE FLUNG TO HIS KENNEL IT IS RAVAGE AND RANGE AND GARDENS ARE LEFT TO WEEDS TURNED ADRIFT INTO WAR MAN RUNS WILD ON THE PLAIN LIKE THE JANETS LET LOOSE ON THE PAMPAS CEBRIS AGAIN LIKE THE PLEAD'S DIM SEE THE TENTS THROUGH THE STORM ALOFT BY THE HILLSIDE HAMLET'S GRAVES ON A HEADSTONE USED FOR A HEARTHSTONE THERE THE WATER IS BUBBLING FOR PUNCH FOR OUR BRAVES WHAT IF THE NIGHT BE DREAR AND THE BLAST GHOSTLY SHRIEKS THEIR ROLLICKING STAVES MAKE FROLIC THE HEART BEATING TIME WITH THEIR SWORDS WHAT CARE THEY IF WINTER RAVES
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