Take The Loan.
*« BY EDWARD EVERETT HAI.E. Come, freeman of the land, Come meet the great demand, True heart and open hand, Take the loan. For the hopes the prophet saw, For the swords your brothers draw, For liberty and law, Take the loan. Ye ladies of the land, As ye love the gallant band, Who have drawn a soldier's brand, Take the loan. Who would bring them what she could, Who would give the soldier food, Who would stanch her brother's blood, Take the loan. All who saw our hosts pass by, All who joined the parting cry, All who bade them do or die, Take the loan. As ye wished their triumph then, As ye hope to meet again, And to meet their gaze like men, -' Take the loan. Who would press the great appeal, Of our ranks of serried steel, Put your shoulder to the wheel, Take the loan. That our prayers in truth may rise, Which we press with streaming eyes, On the Lord of earth and skies, Take the loan. What was true in 18,61 is true in 1917. Buy a Liberty bond.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XXIII, Issue 3895, 18 August 1917, Page 2
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188Take The Loan. Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XXIII, Issue 3895, 18 August 1917, Page 2
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