<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Volunteer</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Unconquered by the thought of death,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Or wounds that ache and bleed,</p><p class="line">His veins are filled with throbbing fire</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">In the vast hour of need.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">No selfish caution binds his hands,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Or chains his eager feet --</p><p class="line">"On to the front!" his watchword is,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Through triumph or defeat.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">A nation has the mighty power</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">His inmost soul to stir --</p><p class="line">He does not deem it sacrifice</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">To give himself for her.</p></div><p class="byline">-- William Hamilton Hayne.<br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/> By permission from<br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/> Scribner's Magazine. </p></body></html> · Great War