In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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... fires of hell to weld anew the chain On that red anvil where each blow is pain ? Draw we not even now a freer breath , As from our shoulders falls a load of death Loathsome as that the Tuscan's victim bore When keen with life to a dead ...
... fires of hell to weld anew the chain On that red anvil where each blow is pain ? Draw we not even now a freer breath , As from our shoulders falls a load of death Loathsome as that the Tuscan's victim bore When keen with life to a dead ...
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... fire Where wrongs expire ; Nor spares the hand That from the land Uproots the ancient evil . The hand - breadth cloud the sages feared Its bloody rain is dropping ; The poison plant the fathers spared All else is overtopping "EIN FESTE ...
... fire Where wrongs expire ; Nor spares the hand That from the land Uproots the ancient evil . The hand - breadth cloud the sages feared Its bloody rain is dropping ; The poison plant the fathers spared All else is overtopping "EIN FESTE ...
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... fires lit , His hands for battle - gauntlets fit . " How long ! " - I knew the voice of Peace , - " Is there no respite ? - no release ? When shall the hopeless quarrel cease ? " O Lord , how long ! - One human soul Is more than any ...
... fires lit , His hands for battle - gauntlets fit . " How long ! " - I knew the voice of Peace , - " Is there no respite ? - no release ? When shall the hopeless quarrel cease ? " O Lord , how long ! - One human soul Is more than any ...
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... - field's crimson stain . Still , in the cannon's pause , we hear Her sweet thanksgiving - psalm ; Too near to God for doubt or fear , She shares th ' eternal calm . She knows the seed lies safe below The fires that 36 IN WAR TIME .
... - field's crimson stain . Still , in the cannon's pause , we hear Her sweet thanksgiving - psalm ; Too near to God for doubt or fear , She shares th ' eternal calm . She knows the seed lies safe below The fires that 36 IN WAR TIME .
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John Greenleaf Whittier. She knows the seed lies safe below The fires that blast and burn ; For all the tears of blood we sow She waits the rich return . She sees with clearer eye than ours The good of suffering born , The hearts that ...
John Greenleaf Whittier. She knows the seed lies safe below The fires that blast and burn ; For all the tears of blood we sow She waits the rich return . She sees with clearer eye than ours The good of suffering born , The hearts that ...
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