In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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... knew the voice of Peace , - " Is there no respite ? no release ? When shall the hopeless quarrel cease ? 66 " O Lord , how long ! - One human soul Is more than any parchment scroll , Or any flag thy winds unroll . " What price was ...
... knew the voice of Peace , - " Is there no respite ? no release ? When shall the hopeless quarrel cease ? 66 " O Lord , how long ! - One human soul Is more than any parchment scroll , Or any flag thy winds unroll . " What price was ...
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John Greenleaf Whittier. On the oppressor's side was power ; And yet I knew that every wrong , However old , however strong , But waited God's avenging hour . I knew that truth would crush the lie , - Somehow , some time , the end would ...
John Greenleaf Whittier. On the oppressor's side was power ; And yet I knew that every wrong , However old , however strong , But waited God's avenging hour . I knew that truth would crush the lie , - Somehow , some time , the end would ...
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... knew ! The harp of David melting through The demon - agonies of Saul ! Not as we hoped ; - but what are we ? Above our broken dreams and plans God lays , with wiser hand than man's , The corner - stones of liberty . I cavil not with Him ...
... knew ! The harp of David melting through The demon - agonies of Saul ! Not as we hoped ; - but what are we ? Above our broken dreams and plans God lays , with wiser hand than man's , The corner - stones of liberty . I cavil not with Him ...
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... knew , To God and to our brother true , To Heaven and Earth ? How faint , through din of merchandise And count of gain , Have seemed to us the captive's cries ! How far away the tears and sighs Of souls in pain ! This day the fearful ...
... knew , To God and to our brother true , To Heaven and Earth ? How faint , through din of merchandise And count of gain , Have seemed to us the captive's cries ! How far away the tears and sighs Of souls in pain ! This day the fearful ...
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... knew the tough old Teuton Who brewed the stoutest ale , And he paid the good - wife's reckoning In the coin of song and tale . The songs they still are singing Who dress the hills of vine , The tales that haunt the Brocken And whisper ...
... knew the tough old Teuton Who brewed the stoutest ale , And he paid the good - wife's reckoning In the coin of song and tale . The songs they still are singing Who dress the hills of vine , The tales that haunt the Brocken And whisper ...
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