[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

From the OP: ‘The additional, mostly unsung verses only add to the heavy impression. One line says: “The foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes.” Another mentions “the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion.” The final verse refers to peace as a blessing.’

I have to say that the line ‘Their blood will wipe out their foul footstep’s pollution’ might be a little hard core for pacifists. On the other hand it is virtually never sung.

[SamuraiScot]

‘Their blood will wipe out their foul footstep’s pollution’ might be a little hard core for pacifists.

There's so much to torture a weenie in just a few lines. How great is the closer of the final verse:

Then conquer we must,

When our cause it is just,

And this be our motto,

'In God is our trust.'

And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave,

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!