In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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... holy help , a sweet voice fell . " Still hope and trust , " it sang ; " the rod Must fall , the wine - press must be trod , But all is possible with God ! " TO ENGLISHMEN . YOU flung your taunt across the wave THE WATCHERS . 25.
... holy help , a sweet voice fell . " Still hope and trust , " it sang ; " the rod Must fall , the wine - press must be trod , But all is possible with God ! " TO ENGLISHMEN . YOU flung your taunt across the wave THE WATCHERS . 25.
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John Greenleaf Whittier. TO ENGLISHMEN . YOU flung your taunt across the wave ; We bore it as became us , Well knowing that the fettered slave Left friendly lips no option save To pity or to blame us . You scoffed our plea . " Mere lack ...
John Greenleaf Whittier. TO ENGLISHMEN . YOU flung your taunt across the wave ; We bore it as became us , Well knowing that the fettered slave Left friendly lips no option save To pity or to blame us . You scoffed our plea . " Mere lack ...
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... wave Nor length of years can part us : Your right is ours to shrine and grave , The common freehold of the brave , The gift of saints and martyrs . Our very sins and follies teach Our kindred frail and human : We carp at faults with ...
... wave Nor length of years can part us : Your right is ours to shrine and grave , The common freehold of the brave , The gift of saints and martyrs . Our very sins and follies teach Our kindred frail and human : We carp at faults with ...
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... wave WHEN Above the nation's council - hall , I heard beneath its marble wall The clanking fetters of the slave ! In the foul market - place I stood , And saw the Christian mother sold , And childhood with its locks of gold , Blue ...
... wave WHEN Above the nation's council - hall , I heard beneath its marble wall The clanking fetters of the slave ! In the foul market - place I stood , And saw the Christian mother sold , And childhood with its locks of gold , Blue ...
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... delayed is done . Not as we hoped , in calm of prayer , The message of deliverance comes , But heralded by roll of drums On waves of battle - troubled air ! - ' Midst sounds that madden and appall , The song 32 IN WAR TIME .
... delayed is done . Not as we hoped , in calm of prayer , The message of deliverance comes , But heralded by roll of drums On waves of battle - troubled air ! - ' Midst sounds that madden and appall , The song 32 IN WAR TIME .
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