Opening Chorus.

Tune: "Soldiers' Chorus."

"Up Guards, and at 'em!'"—Duke of Wellington.

Whither, oh people, will you be led?
What sign see you from the past that's dead?
Forward—and better the past that's sped—

Chorus:
Let's join in the lay,
Our praises array,
And pledge we The Day!
Mingled with dust are the Spartan arms—
Ashes to ashes the Dark Age "charms"—
Too mighty in our age the gold that harms.

Chorus:
Let's join in the lay,
Our praises array,
And pledge we The Day!