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KENTUC 
 
 TO ARMS!!! 
 
 Kentuckians, rise I 
 You have lain too lung in a stupor deep ; 
 Rise like young ^'iants refresh'd with sleep: 
 Sweep, as the billows shorowsird sweep, 
 And chase the foe to your boundaries. 
 
 Kentuckians arm ! 
 Grasp the good rifles wherewith your sires » 
 Quench'd with red rain the hostile fires ; 
 Fling back the hireling to him that hires, 
 Or trample him out like a loathesonie worm. 
 
 Kentuckians, stand ! 
 Firm as the rock when floods are high ; 
 Stand by your native sovereingty, 
 And be " State and home" your rallying cry. 
 Through the length and breadth of the wa- 
 
 [kening land. 
 
 Kentuckians, dare 
 The tyrant's rage, for your grievious wrong, 
 The " hour and the mon" to you belong : 
 Let not the foe in your midst wax strong, 
 The time is over to stay and spare. 
 
 Kentuckians, strike ! 
 If needs must be, both swift and sore ; 
 Scatter the Northmen from stream to shore. 
 Until, panic-stricken, they come uo more 
 To see what our neutral soil is like. 
 
 But let no stain 
 Of brother's blood be on hand or blade— 
 Ev'n if his feet from the truth have stray'd : 
 •* Hew hip and thigh" where hosts invade, 
 But draw not upon you the curse of Cain. 
 
 LoDISVILLE, Ky., 1861. 
 
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