Pebbles and Shells (Hawkes collection)/Rebel and Patriot
REBEL AND PATRIOT
A hero rose in armor brightTo drive a tyrant from the land;The monarch brought his armed bandAnd crushed him in a single fight,And wrong still triumphed over right.The rebel died, his honored nameWas branded with a traitor's shame.Another rose in greater might,With dauntless men at his commandAnd drove the tyrant from the land.The people cheered the noble deed,And placed the crown upon his head,The crown of him who first had bledIn freedom's cause and sown the seed.