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"For help at need in van we wait   Retreat or fight: Retreat the foe would take for flight, And each proud scion Feel more elate; the end must come," said Lyon. FOR HELP AT NEED IN VAIN WE WAIT RETREAT OR FIGHT RETREAT THE FULL WOULD TAKE FOR FLIGHT AND EACH PROUD SCION FEEL MORE LATE THE END MUST COME SAID LION
 picnic party in the May, Ever went less loth than they Into that leafy neighborhood. In Bacchic glee they file toward Fate, Moloch’s uninitiate; Expectancy, and glad surmise Of battle’s unknown mysteries. All they feel is this: ’tis glory, A rapture sharp, though transitory, Yet lasting in belaureled story. So they gayly go to fight, Chatting left and laughing right. But some who this blithe mood present, As on in lightsome files they fare, Shall die experienced ere three days are spent-- Perish, enlightened by the vollied glare; Or shame survive, and, like to adamant, The throe of Second Manassas share. Lyon. Battle of Springfield, Missouri. (August, 1861.) Some hearts there are of deeper sort, Prophetic, sad, Which yet for cause are trebly clad; Known death they fly on: This wizard-heart and heart-of-oak had Lyon. “They are more than twenty thousand strong, We less than five, Too few with such a host to strive” “Such counsel, fie on! ’Tis battle, or ’tis shame;” and firm stood Lyon.  LION BY HERMAN MELVILLE READ FOR LIVERBOX DOT ORGED BY DANIEL PEDIA AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED ON OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK EU DOT ETER SLASH M E N E U M A M SLASH LIBY BOX SOME HEARTS THERE ARE OF DEEPER SORT PROPHETIC SAD WHICH YET FOR CAUSE ARE TREBLED CLAD KNOWN DEATH THEY FLY ON THIS WIZARD HEART AND HEART OF OAK HAD LION THEY ARE MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND STRONG WE LESS THAN FIVE TOO FEW WITH SUCH A HOST TO STRIVE SUCH COUNSEL FYE ON TIS BAD O'ER THIS SHAME A FIRM STOOD LION
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