Ballads and Other Poems BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS BY GEORGE LANSING RAYMOND _FOURTH EDITION, REVISED_ G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press “BALLADS OF THE REVOLUTION” COPYRIGHT, 1886 BY GEORGE LANSING RAYMOND “SKETCHES IN SONG” COPYRIGHT, 1887 BY GEORGE LANSING RAYMOND THIRD EDITION, COPYRIGHT, 1908 BY GEORGE LANSING RAYMOND FOURTH EDITION, COPYRIGHT, 1916 BY GEORGE LANSING RAYMOND [Illustration] Made in the United States of America CONTENTS. PAGE _BALLADS OF THE REVOLUTION._ OUR FIRST BREAK WITH THE BRITISH 3 THE LAST CRUISE OF THE GASPEE 22 THE LEBANON BOYS IN BOSTON 37 THE CROWN’S FIGHT AGAINST THE TOWN’S RIGHT 55 THE RALLY OF THE FARMERS 64 ETHAN ALLEN 73 HOW BARTON TOOK THE GENERAL 88 _MISCELLANEOUS._ A SONG ON SINGING 101 THE MUSIC OF LIFE 105 MY IDEAL 107 CAGED 108 WHATEVER THE MISSION OF LIFE MAY BE 109 THE DESTINY-MAKER 110 _DRAMATIC._ HAYDN 115 _SKETCHES IN SONG._ A FISH STORY 1 UNVEILING THE MONUMENT 2 UNDER THE NEW MOON 12 ALL IN ALL 14 NOTHING AT ALL 14 THE IDEALIST 15