Song Of Indian Maids. (The Missionary.)
Oh, shout for Lautaro, the young and the brave! The arm of whose strength was uplifted to save, When the steeds of the strangers came rushing amain, And the ghosts of our fathers looked down on the slain! 'Twas eve, and the noise of the battle was o'er, Five thousand brave warriors were cold in their gore; When, in front, young Lautaro invincible stood, And the horses and iron-men rolled in their blood! As the snows of the mountain are swept by the blast, The earthquake of death o'er the white men has passed; Shout, Chili, in triumph! the battle is won, And we dance round the heads that are black in the sun!
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