They saw their injured ...

They saw their injured country's woe.
 Philip Freneau

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If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between is but an hour, The frail duration of a flower.
 Philip Freneau
They saw their injured country's woe; The flaming town, the wasted field; Then rushed to meet the insulting foe; They took the spear, - but left the shield.
 Philip Freneau