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I WILL NOT FIRE UPON THAT FLAG.
Rush, as your sires to conflict rushed,Rebellion's war-cry must he hushed,The serpent of Secession crushed,Maryland! Our Maryland!
"I WILL NOT FIRE UPON THAT FLAG."[1]
By A. Jones, U.S.A.
"I WILL not fire upon that flag," So glorious and so fair;I will not harm the hand that bears The immortal standard there.
"I will not fire upon that flag," The rainbow of the skiesHath given her glory all to thee, And bathed thee in her dyes.
"I will not fire upon that flag," Streaked with the morning light,While the vestal vault of Heaven Lends thee her orbs of night.
- ↑ A young soldier in Beauregard's army, named Picks, of Baltimore, was shot for declaring that he would not fire on the American flag.—Baltimore Clipper.
