| Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914. | | | | A Toast | | By Gelett Burgess |
| | | HERE’S to the cause, let who will get the glory! | |
| Here’s to the cause, and a fig for the story! | |
| The braggarts may tell it, who serve but for fame; | |
| There’ll be more than enough that will die for the name! | |
| And though, in some eddy, our vessels, unsteady, | 5 |
| Be stranded and wrecked, ere the victory’s won, | |
| Let the current sweep by us! O death! Come and try us! | |
| What if laggards win praise, if the cause shall go on? | | | | |
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