<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416771" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Boy Patriot</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I want to be a Soldier!--<br>A Soldier!--<br>A Soldier!--<br>I want to be a Soldier, with a sabre in my hand<br>Or a little carbine rifle, or a musket on my shoulder,<br>Or just a snare-drum, snarling in the middle of the band;<br>I want to hear, high overhead, The Old Flag flap her wings<br>While all the Army, following, in chorus cheers and sings;<br>I want to hear the tramp and jar<br>Of patriots a million,<br>As gayly dancing off to war<br>As dancing a cotillion.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">_I want to be a Soldier!_--<br>_A Soldier!_--<br>_A Soldier!_--<br>_I want to be a Soldier, with a sabre in my hand_<br>_Or a little carbine rifle, or a musket on my shoulder_,<br>_Or just a snare-drum, snarling in the middle of the band_.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I want to see the battle!--<br>The battle!--<br>The battle!--<br>I want to see the battle, and be in it to the end;--<br>I want to hear the cannon clear their throats and catch the prattle<br>Of all the pretty compliments the enemy can send!--<br>And then I know my wits will go,--and where I _should'nt_ be--<br>Well, there's the spot, in any fight, that you may search for me.<br>So, when our foes have had their fill,<br>Though I'm among the dying,<br>To see The Old Flag flying still,<br>I'll laugh to leave her flying!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">_I want to be a Soldier!_--<br>_A Soldier!_--<br>_A Soldier!_--<br>_I want to be a Soldier, with a sabre in my hand_<br>_Or a little carbine rifle, or a musket on my shoulder_,<br>_Or just a snare-drum, snarling in the middle of the band_.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Whitcomb+Riley">James Whitcomb Riley</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416771" data-title="The Boy Patriot de James Whitcomb Riley" data-description="I want to be a Soldier!-- A Soldier!-- A Soldier!-- I want to be a Soldier, with a sabre in my hand Or a little carbine rifle, or a musket on my shoulder, Or just a snare-drum, snarling in the middle of the band; I want to hear, high overhead, The..."></div> </div> </div>

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