In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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... Lord , how long ! - One human soul Is more than any parchment scroll , Or any flag thy winds unroll . " What price was Ellsworth's , young and brave ? How weigh the gift that Lyon gave , Or count the cost of Winthrop's grave ? " O ...
... Lord , how long ! - One human soul Is more than any parchment scroll , Or any flag thy winds unroll . " What price was Ellsworth's , young and brave ? How weigh the gift that Lyon gave , Or count the cost of Winthrop's grave ? " O ...
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... her hair and cried , " Woe ! woe ! The gods are sleepless- eyed ! " And , chained and scourged , the slaves of slaves , The lords of Chios into exile went . " The gods at last pay well , " So MITHRIDATES AT CHIOS . 39.
... her hair and cried , " Woe ! woe ! The gods are sleepless- eyed ! " And , chained and scourged , the slaves of slaves , The lords of Chios into exile went . " The gods at last pay well , " So MITHRIDATES AT CHIOS . 39.
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... Lord The rigid lines of law shall curve To spare us ; from our heads shall swerve Its smiting sword . And light is mingled with the gloom , And joy with grief ; Divinest compensations come , Through thorns of judgment mercies bloom In ...
... Lord The rigid lines of law shall curve To spare us ; from our heads shall swerve Its smiting sword . And light is mingled with the gloom , And joy with grief ; Divinest compensations come , Through thorns of judgment mercies bloom In ...
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... Lord he come To set de people free ; An ' massa tink it day ob doom , An ' we ob jubilee . De Lord dat heap de Red Sea waves He jus ' as ' trong as den ; He say de word : we las ' night slaves AT PORT ROYAL . 53.
... Lord he come To set de people free ; An ' massa tink it day ob doom , An ' we ob jubilee . De Lord dat heap de Red Sea waves He jus ' as ' trong as den ; He say de word : we las ' night slaves AT PORT ROYAL . 53.
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... Lord's freemen . De yam will grow , de cotton blow , We'll hab de rice an ' corn ; O nebber you fear , if nebber you hear De driver blow his horn ! Ole massa on he trabbels gone ; He leaf de land behind : De Lord's breff blow him furder ...
... Lord's freemen . De yam will grow , de cotton blow , We'll hab de rice an ' corn ; O nebber you fear , if nebber you hear De driver blow his horn ! Ole massa on he trabbels gone ; He leaf de land behind : De Lord's breff blow him furder ...
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