"Who," said he, "will call us to arms?
Where are my thunderbolts of war?
Speak ye, the first who will meet the foe! Who will go forward with me in this ocean of grievous temptation?
If there is one who desires to go, let him come and shake hands upon the altar of devotion, and swear that he will be a hero; yes, a Hector in a cause like this, which calls aloud for a speedy remedy." "Mine be the deed," said a young lawyer, "and mine alone; Venus alone shall quit her station before I will forsake one jot or tittle of my promise to you; what is death to me?
what is all this warlike army, if it is not to win a victory?
I love the sleep of the lover and the mighty; nor would I give it over till the blood of my enemies should wreak with that of my own.

But God forbid that our fame should soar on the blood of the slumberer." Mr.Valeer stands at his door with the frown of a demon upon his brow, with his dangerous weapon (3) ready to strike the first man who should enter his door.

"Who will arise and go forward through blood and carnage to the rescue of my Ambulinia ?" said Elfonzo.

"All," exclaimed the multitude; and onward they went, with their implements of battle.

Others, of a more timid nature, stood among the distant hills to see the result of the contest.
It will hardly be believed that after all this thunder and lightning not a drop of rain fell; but such is the fact.