The General Chorus.
We all keep step to the marching chorus ■ j Rising from millions of men around, i . MilHonß have marched to the sam« before us, Millions ceme on with a sea-like sound. I Life, Death! Life, Death! , .t ' Such is the song of human breath. i Wbat is this multitudinous chorus, ! Wild, monotonous, low, and loud? j Earth we tread on, heaven that's o'er us ? ' I in the midst of the moving crowd ? « Life, Death .'Life, Death! What is this burden of human breath ? On with the rest, your footsteps timing! Mystical music flows in the song! jj . (Blent with it?— Born from it?)—loftily chiming, I Tenderly soothing, it bears you along. Life, Death ! Life, Death 1 \ Strange is the chant of human breath!! / :,.,..,; :n, • ' ■ •—Eraser's Magazine.
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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1635, 15 May 1875, Page 6 (Supplement)
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