These noble ancestors, grim and bold,
Who bravely held their ground.
In thrilling accents they often speak
Of the Spirits Three on the mountain peak.

O Freedom, Love and Sacrifice
You claimed our men, alas!
Yet everlasting peace is theirs
Who cried, "They shall not pass!"

ARTHUR A. PENN.


_Reprinted by permission of M. Witmark & Sons, N. Y._

_Publishers of the musical setting to this poem._




CONTENTS


I. WHERE HE WAS BORN

Stirring traditions and historic scenes which surrounded him in
childhood.


II. BOYHOOD SURROUNDINGS