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chapter-162		chapter-162			.txt	text/plain	659	44	83	Lightly strike on the stretchd tympanum pride and joy in my city, How she led the rest to arms, how she gave the cue, How you led to the war, (that shall serve for our prelude, songs of How Manhattan drum-taps led. Forty years had I in my city seen soldiers parading, Forty years as a pageant, till unawares the lady of this teeming and Sleepless amid her ships, her houses, her incalculable wealth, Manhattan arming. Armd regiments arrive every day, pass through the city, and embark The blood of the city up-armd! The artillery, the silent cannons bright as gold, drawn along, (Silent cannons, soon to cease your silence, be it weeks, months, or years, an armd race is advancing to The guns bright as gold, the work for giants, to serve well the guns, And you lady of ships, you Mannahatta, Old matron of this proud, friendly, turbulent city,	./cache/chapter-162.txt	./txt/chapter-162.txt