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Sarah Drummond also started at the sound , but not from the same cause , for she heard in that sound the blast of defiance -- the trumpet of freedom , as its champions advanced to the charge . `` They come , they come , '' she said , in her wild , shrill voice ; `` my Lord , my Lord , the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof -- I go , like Miriam of old , to prophecy in their cause , and to swell their triumph . Farewell . Remember , at ten o'clock to-night I return for your final answer . '' With these words she burst from the room , and Virginia soon seen her tall form , with hasty strides , moving toward the place from which the sound proceeded . FOOTNOTES : -LSB- 36 -RSB- This was her very language during the rebellion . `` Men , high minded men , With powers as far above dull brutes endued , In forest , brake or den , As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men , who their duties know , But know their rights , and knowing dare maintain , These constitute a state . ''