In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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... truth ; but , meanwhile , pain Is bitter and tears are salt our voices take A sober tone ; our very household songs Are heavy with a nation's griefs and wrongs ; And innocent mirth is chastened for the sake Of the brave hearts that ...
... truth ; but , meanwhile , pain Is bitter and tears are salt our voices take A sober tone ; our very household songs Are heavy with a nation's griefs and wrongs ; And innocent mirth is chastened for the sake Of the brave hearts that ...
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... truth can sanction , no just claim denied , The sad spectators of a suicide ! They break the links of Union : shall we light The fires of hell to weld anew the chain On that red anvil where each blow is pain ? Draw we not even now a ...
... truth can sanction , no just claim denied , The sad spectators of a suicide ! They break the links of Union : shall we light The fires of hell to weld anew the chain On that red anvil where each blow is pain ? Draw we not even now a ...
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... truth's seed , or forerun their years Till lost in distance , or with stout hearts make A lane for freedom through the level spears , Still take thou courage ! God has spoken through thee , Irrevocable , the mighty words , Be free ! The ...
... truth's seed , or forerun their years Till lost in distance , or with stout hearts make A lane for freedom through the level spears , Still take thou courage ! God has spoken through thee , Irrevocable , the mighty words , Be free ! The ...
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... truth would crush the lie , - Somehow , some time , the end would be ; Yet scarcely dared I hope to see The triumph with my mortal eye . But now I see it ! In the sun A free flag floats from yonder dome , And at the nation's hearth and ...
... truth would crush the lie , - Somehow , some time , the end would be ; Yet scarcely dared I hope to see The triumph with my mortal eye . But now I see it ! In the sun A free flag floats from yonder dome , And at the nation's hearth and ...
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... truths , once purchased dear , Are made our own ; Too long the world has smiled to hear Our boast of full corn in the ear By others sown ; To see us stir the martyr fires Of long ago , And wrap our satisfied desires In the singed ...
... truths , once purchased dear , Are made our own ; Too long the world has smiled to hear Our boast of full corn in the ear By others sown ; To see us stir the martyr fires Of long ago , And wrap our satisfied desires In the singed ...
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