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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Page 56
... ranks he'll go And shout for joy of war . Twinkle , twinkle , pretty spindle ; let the white wool drift and dwindle . Oh ! we weave a damask doublet for my love's coat of steel . Hark ! the timid , turning treadle crooning soft , old ...
... ranks he'll go And shout for joy of war . Twinkle , twinkle , pretty spindle ; let the white wool drift and dwindle . Oh ! we weave a damask doublet for my love's coat of steel . Hark ! the timid , turning treadle crooning soft , old ...
Page 73
... ranks but iron front The battle broke in vain ! Whose was the danger , whose the day , From whose triumphant throats the cheers , At Chrysler's Farm , at Chateauguay , Storming like clarion - bursts our ears ? On soft Pacific slopes ...
... ranks but iron front The battle broke in vain ! Whose was the danger , whose the day , From whose triumphant throats the cheers , At Chrysler's Farm , at Chateauguay , Storming like clarion - bursts our ears ? On soft Pacific slopes ...
Page 77
... . Advance , ye brave ranks , hardily- Your banners wave on high ; We'll gain us freedom's victory , Or freedom's death we'll die ! From the German of ERNST MORITZ ARNDT . MEN AND BOYS . THE storm is out ; the PATRIOTISM . 77.
... . Advance , ye brave ranks , hardily- Your banners wave on high ; We'll gain us freedom's victory , Or freedom's death we'll die ! From the German of ERNST MORITZ ARNDT . MEN AND BOYS . THE storm is out ; the PATRIOTISM . 77.
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... ranks shall reel before The arm that lays the panther low . And ye who breast the mountain storm By grassy steep or highland lake , Come , for the land ye love , to form A bulwark that no foe can break . Stand , like your own gray ...
... ranks shall reel before The arm that lays the panther low . And ye who breast the mountain storm By grassy steep or highland lake , Come , for the land ye love , to form A bulwark that no foe can break . Stand , like your own gray ...
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... ranks , The only hope of courage dwells ; But Turkish force , and Latin fraud , Would break your shield , however broad . Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade , - I see their glorious black eyes ...
... ranks , The only hope of courage dwells ; But Turkish force , and Latin fraud , Would break your shield , however broad . Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade , - I see their glorious black eyes ...
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