Story copied from the Wikisource. We are the valiant Knights of PeaceWho prattle for the Right:Our banner is of snowy fleece,Inscrib’d: "TOO PROUD TO FIGHT!" By sweet Chautauqua’s flow’ry banksWe love to sing and play,But should we spy a foeman’s ranks!We’d proudly run away! When Prussian fury sweeps the mainOur freedom to deny;Of tyrant laws we ne’er complain;But gladsomely comply! We do not fear the submarinesThat plough the troubled foam;We scorn the ugly old machines -And safely stay at home!