In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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... Give us grace to keep Our faith and patience ; wherefore should we leap On one hand into fratricidal fight , Or , on the other , yield eternal right , Frame lies of law , and good and ill confound ? What fear we ? Safe on freedom's ...
... Give us grace to keep Our faith and patience ; wherefore should we leap On one hand into fratricidal fight , Or , on the other , yield eternal right , Frame lies of law , and good and ill confound ? What fear we ? Safe on freedom's ...
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... gives the wheat - field blades of steel ? What points the rebel cannon ? What sets the roaring rabble's heel On the old star - spangled pennon ? What breaks the oath Of the men o ' the South ? What whets the knife For the Union's life ...
... gives the wheat - field blades of steel ? What points the rebel cannon ? What sets the roaring rabble's heel On the old star - spangled pennon ? What breaks the oath Of the men o ' the South ? What whets the knife For the Union's life ...
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... 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 revenges , While still is spared the evil thing That severs and 2 ...
... 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 revenges , While still is spared the evil thing That severs and 2 ...
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... sighing ; Before the joy of peace must come The pains of purifying . God give us grace Each in his place To bear his lot , And , murmuring not , Endure and wait and labor ! TO JOHN C. FREMONT . ` HY error , Fremont 18 IN WAR TIME .
... sighing ; Before the joy of peace must come The pains of purifying . God give us grace Each in his place To bear his lot , And , murmuring not , Endure and wait and labor ! TO JOHN C. FREMONT . ` HY error , Fremont 18 IN WAR TIME .
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... give to us , in times like these , The vision of her eyes ; And make her fields and fruited trees Our golden prophecies ! O , give to us her finer ear ! Above this stormy din , We too would hear the bells of cheer Ring peace and freedom ...
... give to us , in times like these , The vision of her eyes ; And make her fields and fruited trees Our golden prophecies ! O , give to us her finer ear ! Above this stormy din , We too would hear the bells of cheer Ring peace and freedom ...
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