The World's Best Poetry ...John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard J. D. Morris, 1904 - English poetry |
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... The measured roll of English drums Beat at the gates of Kandahar . For southern wind and east wind meet Where , girt and crowned by sword and fire , England with bare and bloody feet Climbs the steep road PATRIOTISM . 23.
... The measured roll of English drums Beat at the gates of Kandahar . For southern wind and east wind meet Where , girt and crowned by sword and fire , England with bare and bloody feet Climbs the steep road PATRIOTISM . 23.
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... drum . There was madness on the earth below And anger in the sky , And young and old , and rich and poor , Came forth to see him die . Ah God ! that ghastly gibbet ! How dismal ' t is to see The great tall spectral skeleton , The ladder ...
... drum . There was madness on the earth below And anger in the sky , And young and old , and rich and poor , Came forth to see him die . Ah God ! that ghastly gibbet ! How dismal ' t is to see The great tall spectral skeleton , The ladder ...
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... fight ; a die for Ireland's weal , ex her ancient right , creenen reel . Ym to my breast ad rem the war he comes ; ' , de mountain's crest , cow th drums . Twinkle , twinkle , pretty spindle ; let the white NATIONAL SPIRIT .
... fight ; a die for Ireland's weal , ex her ancient right , creenen reel . Ym to my breast ad rem the war he comes ; ' , de mountain's crest , cow th drums . Twinkle , twinkle , pretty spindle ; let the white NATIONAL SPIRIT .
Page 48
... drum . There was madness on the earth below And anger in the sky , And young and old , and rich and poor , Came forth to see him die . Ah God ! that ghastly gibbet ! How dismal ' t is to see The great tall spectral skeleton , The ladder ...
... drum . There was madness on the earth below And anger in the sky , And young and old , and rich and poor , Came forth to see him die . Ah God ! that ghastly gibbet ! How dismal ' t is to see The great tall spectral skeleton , The ladder ...
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... ! close I'll clasp him to my breast When homeward from the war he comes ; The fires shall light the mountain's crest , The valley peal with drums . Twinkle , twinkle , pretty spindle ; let the white 56 POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT .
... ! close I'll clasp him to my breast When homeward from the war he comes ; The fires shall light the mountain's crest , The valley peal with drums . Twinkle , twinkle , pretty spindle ; let the white 56 POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT .
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ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN Alma River arms banner battle beneath bless blood blue bonnie Dundee brave breast breath bright brow cheer cried Danny Deever dark dead dear death deep drum dying Earl Douglas Earl Piercy earth EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN England Ethna Carbery eyes fame father fear fell fight fire flag flash fought freedom gallant German German's fatherland glory grave gray guns Guthrum hand hath hear heard heart heaven heroes hills Hurrah JOHN JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER King land Liberty light look Lord loud Maryland mighty morn ne'er never night Noroway o'er poem poetry Rhine roar round Samian wine SENTINEL SONGS shore shout sing Sir Patrick Spens slain slave sleep smile soldier song soul sound spear steed stood sweet sword tears thee thine THOMAS BUCHANAN READ thou thunder tread Turlough MacSweeney voice wave wild wind wound