In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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John Greenleaf Whittier. Our feet are planted : let us there remain In unrevengeful calm , no means untried Which truth can sanction , no just claim denied , The sad spectators of a suicide ! They break the links of Union : shall we ...
John Greenleaf Whittier. Our feet are planted : let us there remain In unrevengeful calm , no means untried Which truth can sanction , no just claim denied , The sad spectators of a suicide ! They break the links of Union : shall we ...
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... calm sky of to - morrow ! Above the maddening cry for blood , Above the wild war - drumming , Let Freedom's voice be heard , with good The evil overcoming . Give prayer and purse To stay the Curse Whose wrong we share , Whose shame we ...
... calm sky of to - morrow ! Above the maddening cry for blood , Above the wild war - drumming , Let Freedom's voice be heard , with good The evil overcoming . Give prayer and purse To stay the Curse Whose wrong we share , Whose shame we ...
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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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... calm and patient , Nature keeps Her ancient promise well , Though o'er her bloom and greenness sweeps The battle's breath of hell . And still she walks in golden hours Through harvest - happy farms , And still she wears her fruits and ...
... calm and patient , Nature keeps Her ancient promise well , Though o'er her bloom and greenness sweeps The battle's breath of hell . And still she walks in golden hours Through harvest - happy farms , And still she wears her fruits and ...
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... war - 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 .
... war - 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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