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"DISCHARGED HONOURABLY."
NANCY, old woman, I want you ;
Come to my side and spin :
I can hear the reel of your whirring wheel
More than the farm-yard din.
I " must spin also," my mistress ?
Wind you a soldier's yarn ?
Tis a wondrous whirl of a life, my girl —
Many a hole to darn.
Many a field has been foughten
More for the fight's own sake,
Than for the vict'ry gained, or a flag unstained,
Or for a cause at stake.
