In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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... watch - fires lit , His hands for battle - gauntlets fit . " How long ! " - I 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 ...
... watch - fires lit , His hands for battle - gauntlets fit . " How long ! " - I 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 ...
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... the march I led , My voice Magenta's charges sped . " But now , through weary day and night , I watch a vague and aimless fight For leave to strike one blow aright . " On either side my foe they own : One THE WATCHERS . 23.
... the march I led , My voice Magenta's charges sped . " But now , through weary day and night , I watch a vague and aimless fight For leave to strike one blow aright . " On either side my foe they own : One THE WATCHERS . 23.
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... watch to see who win or fall ? I shake the dust against them all , I leave them to their senseless brawl . " -- " Nay , " Peace implored : " yet longer wait ; The doom is near , the stake is great : God knoweth if it be too late ...
... watch to see who win or fall ? I shake the dust against them all , I leave them to their senseless brawl . " -- " Nay , " Peace implored : " yet longer wait ; The doom is near , the stake is great : God knoweth if it be too late ...
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John Greenleaf Whittier. AMY WENTWORTH . To W. B. AS S they who watch by sick - beds find relief Unwittingly from the great stress of grief And anxious care in fantasies outwrought From the hearth's embers flickering low , or caught From ...
John Greenleaf Whittier. AMY WENTWORTH . To W. B. AS S they who watch by sick - beds find relief Unwittingly from the great stress of grief And anxious care in fantasies outwrought From the hearth's embers flickering low , or caught From ...
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... watch a strife we may not share With other weapons than the patriot's prayer , Yet owning , with full hearts and moistened eyes , The awful beauty of self - sacrifice , And wrung by keenest sympathy for all Who give their loved ones for ...
... watch a strife we may not share With other weapons than the patriot's prayer , Yet owning , with full hearts and moistened eyes , The awful beauty of self - sacrifice , And wrung by keenest sympathy for all Who give their loved ones for ...
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