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A MAN!--I'LL SWEAR, A MAN!

William Tell, ACT III. SCENE IV

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But to a man of John Smith's mind
The love of power had charms;
So, when his captain ordered him,

John Smith order'd his arms.

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HISTORY OF JOHN SMITH,

An active, bustling blade was he,

At drill and eke at mess,

Who never thought to stand at ease

When Captains called out " dress."

Attentive always to the word,

It never was his wont

To turn his eyes or right or left,—

When Captains cried "

eyes front "

Though he was ever thought correct,

Once, during an assault,

He ne'er advanced a single foot-
'Cause he was told to halt.

But still he was not coward called,
Why we can soon detect;

His foes all fell dead at his feet,-
When his shots took effect.

But tired of knapsack and of gun,

And firing in platoons,

The infantry he quitted when

He entered the dragoons.

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