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... blood was red ! Blame not the shears that slit the thin yarn thread . Though life be lost , immortal is the praise ! Would I were with you crowned with victory's bays , O Happy Warrior ' midst our English dead ! Yea ! God of Battles ...
... blood was red ! Blame not the shears that slit the thin yarn thread . Though life be lost , immortal is the praise ! Would I were with you crowned with victory's bays , O Happy Warrior ' midst our English dead ! Yea ! God of Battles ...
Page 16
... to your brave lips her hands shall seize , And he shall pay , in blood and tears , the debt And drain a bitterer chalice to the lees ! H. W. Bliss . THE HOUR WE'VE shut the gates by Dover Straits , 16 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES.
... to your brave lips her hands shall seize , And he shall pay , in blood and tears , the debt And drain a bitterer chalice to the lees ! H. W. Bliss . THE HOUR WE'VE shut the gates by Dover Straits , 16 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES.
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... blood that thy children shed- Each spasm of pain that broke their breath- For me they suffered - for me they bled : - O Mother's love , I am dumb till death ; I could speak were I cold and dead . Thou knowest how often I strove to break ...
... blood that thy children shed- Each spasm of pain that broke their breath- For me they suffered - for me they bled : - O Mother's love , I am dumb till death ; I could speak were I cold and dead . Thou knowest how often I strove to break ...
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... . .. And Italy , the beautiful , in sacramental awe Reveals within her milk - white breast the blood- red heart of war . A. Vivanti Chartes . THE HOME FLAG To North and South and East and 26 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES.
... . .. And Italy , the beautiful , in sacramental awe Reveals within her milk - white breast the blood- red heart of war . A. Vivanti Chartes . THE HOME FLAG To North and South and East and 26 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES.
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... blood that was shed for it Ere ever we saw the light ; White - for the men that are dead for it , Giving their all for its might ; Blue as the seas that roll under it , Far as the ends of the world- Flag of our race , with its Cross of ...
... blood that was shed for it Ere ever we saw the light ; White - for the men that are dead for it , Giving their all for its might ; Blue as the seas that roll under it , Far as the ends of the world- Flag of our race , with its Cross of ...
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Arethusa arm'd arms army array banner battle beat blast blood boys breath Bret Harte bugles blown Cannon charge cheer Christ or Nietzsche Clusium crest cried death deep dread drum England's dead eyes F. W. Bourdillon fathers fell field fierce fight fire flag fought gallant glory hand Hark hath hear heard Hearts of oak heaven helmet helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre Herminius Highland laddie hills homes of England Horatius horse John Burns King land Lars Porsena light look Lord loud Marmion morn mountain Navarre ne'er never night noble o'er pibroch pride proud quoth rage roar rode rolling rose round rush Sextus shield shout slain smile soldier song sound spake spears stand stood sweet sword tears thee Thomas Campbell thou thousand thunder twas victory vigil voice W. E. Henley Walt Whitman waves wild winds do blow wounded