Then should some cloud pass over
The brow of sire or lover,
Think 'tis the shade
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Then should some cloud pass over
The brow of sire or lover,
Think 'tis the shade
By Victory made
Whose wings right o'er us hover!

The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.

The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.

Hail! Thou as victor crowned.
[Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.]

Hail! Thou as victor crowned.
[Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.]

The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.

The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

Expect victory and you make victory.

Expect victory and you make victory.

For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes--not that you won or lost--but how read more

For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes--not that you won or lost--but how you played the Game.

Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations
would not wish to disturb it . read more

Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations
would not wish to disturb it . . . so that the confidence of the
German people shall be put in the equity of their cause and not
in the might of their armies.