1. ۱ADIEU, O soldier!
2. ۲You of the rude campaigning, (which we shared,)
3. ۳The rapid march, the life of the camp,
4. ۴The hot contention of opposing fronts—the long manoeuver,
5. ۵Red battles with their slaughter,—the stimulus—the strong, terrific game,
6. ۶Spell of all brave and manly hearts—the trains of Time through you, and like of you,
7. ۷ all
8. ۸ fill’d,
9. ۹With war, and war’s expression.
10. ۱۰
11. ۱۱Adieu, dear comrade!
12. ۱۲Your mission is fulfill’d—but I, more warlike,
13. ۱۳Myself, and this contentious soul of mine,
14. ۱۴Still on our own campaigning bound,
15. ۱۵Through untried roads, with ambushes, opponents lined,
16. ۱۶Through many a sharp defeat and many a crisis—often baffled,
17. ۱۷Here marching, ever marching on, a war fight out—aye here,
18. ۱۸To fiercer, weightier battles give expression.