簡陋’’橋邊’’’’’’
’’’著’月’’風飄揚’
’戎’戰’’夫’
’’打’’’’’’’’’’
敵’早’’’’
’’’正’’’’
’’把橋梁’殘’掃’’
那’’’’’’’’’’’’溪’
我們今天’’’’’石’’
’碧綠’’’’’’’平’’’邊’
’’們’’’重’’們’偉’’
’’我們’’’’永遠’
’’’雄’’’擊’
換’’輩’由’’’啊’
囑’’’’’’’’’’’’
我們爲’雄’爲’豎’’’’豐’’
’ |
By the
rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world
The foe
long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.
’
On this
green bank, by this soft stream,
We set to-day a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone
’
Spirit,
that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee. |