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VISION OF THE HEROES OF POLAND.
TRANSLATED FROM ORTLEPP.
Mounting at the trumpet's call
From their cold graves one and all,
I beheld around me far
Poland's mighty men of war.
From their cold graves one and all,
I beheld around me far
Poland's mighty men of war.
At the clanging bugle's blast
Troops of horse are forming fast;
At the rolling of the drum
The foot around the eagle come,
Troops of horse are forming fast;
At the rolling of the drum
The foot around the eagle come,
Round the eagle that gleams and glows
As the sunbeams shine on snows.
The music sounds the bold "Advance,"
As leading to the joyous dance.
As the sunbeams shine on snows.
The music sounds the bold "Advance,"
As leading to the joyous dance.
Mighty Kosciusko towers
High before the mustering Powers,
That present the flashing steel,
And glad huzzas to greet him peal.
High before the mustering Powers,
That present the flashing steel,
And glad huzzas to greet him peal.