by Percy MacKaye (1875 - 1956)
The Battle Call of Alliance
Language: English
Awake! Awake! The winds of dawn Blow fire across the world; The ships go forth where dangers spawn And coils of death are curled; And souls of men go forth with them And hearts of men aspire, New kindled by the ancient flame Of man’s immortal fire. Arise! Renew with nobler dreams The faith we name our own; The bugle calls to vaster schemes Which God hath dreamed alone. To save a planet’s liberties He joineth now our hands, With brothers fighting over-seas Among the ruin’d lands. To arms! To arms for freedom, And end the reign of czars! America, America Unfurls her flaming stars! To arme! To arms for freedom, And end the reign of czars! America, America Unfurls her flaming stars!
Authorship:
- by Percy MacKaye (1875 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Henry Louis) Reginald De Koven (1859 - 1920), "The Battle Call of Alliance", published <<1917 [ voice and piano ], Boston, New York : G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-17
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