“DEFEAT?”

Who is it speaks of defeat?—

I tell you a Cause like ours

Is greater than defeat can know;

It is the power of powers!

As surely as the earth rolls round,

As surely as the glorious sun

Brings the great world sea-wave,

Must our Cause be won!

What is defeat to us?—

Learn what a skirmish tells,

While the great Army marches on

To storm earth's hells!