In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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... eternal right , Frame lies of law , and good and ill confound ? What fear we ? Safe on freedom's vantage ground Our feet are planted : let us there remain In. A WORD FOR THE HOUR . ASTREA AT THE CAPITOL . A WORD FOR THE HOUR.
... eternal right , Frame lies of law , and good and ill confound ? What fear we ? Safe on freedom's vantage ground Our feet are planted : let us there remain In. A WORD FOR THE HOUR . ASTREA AT THE CAPITOL . A WORD FOR THE HOUR.
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... freedom ? What though the cast - out spirit tear The nation in his going ? We who have shared the guilt must share The pang of his o'erthrowing ! Whate'er the loss , Whate'er the cross , Shall they complain Of present pain Who trust in ...
... freedom ? What though the cast - out spirit tear The nation in his going ? We who have shared the guilt must share The pang of his o'erthrowing ! Whate'er the loss , Whate'er the cross , Shall they complain Of present pain Who trust in ...
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... 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 bear , Whose end shall gladden Heaven ! In vain the bells of war shall ring Of triumphs and ...
... 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 bear , Whose end shall gladden Heaven ! In vain the bells of war shall ring Of triumphs and ...
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... freedom's hope forlorn ! It had been safer , doubtless , for the time , To flatter treason , and avoid offence To that Dark Power whose underlying crime Heaves upward its perpetual turbulence . But , if thine be the fate of all who To ...
... freedom's hope forlorn ! It had been safer , doubtless , for the time , To flatter treason , and avoid offence To that Dark Power whose underlying crime Heaves upward its perpetual turbulence . But , if thine be the fate of all who To ...
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... freedom through the level spears , Still take thou courage ! God has spoken through thee , Irrevocable , the mighty words , Be free ! The land shakes with them , and the slave's dull ear Turns from the rice - swamp stealthily to hear ...
... freedom through the level spears , Still take thou courage ! God has spoken through thee , Irrevocable , the mighty words , Be free ! The land shakes with them , and the slave's dull ear Turns from the rice - swamp stealthily to hear ...
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