“To fall on the battle-field fighting for my dear country,—that would not be hard.”—The Neighbors.

      O NO, no,—let me lie
Not on a field of battle when I die!
      Let not the iron tread
Of the mad war-horse crush my helmèd head;
      Nor let the reeking knife,
That I have drawn against a brother’s life,
      Be in my hand when...