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!

Francis William Lauderdale Adams

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