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... strong exultant hope Beats in thy breast till it beats in me : Thou hast given my life an unbounded scope ; I am proud in the pride of thee . I reap the fruit of the toil and tears , Of the deeds of the heroes that made thee great , Of ...
... strong exultant hope Beats in thy breast till it beats in me : Thou hast given my life an unbounded scope ; I am proud in the pride of thee . I reap the fruit of the toil and tears , Of the deeds of the heroes that made thee great , Of ...
Page 53
... strong right hand , And his corded throat , and the lurking frown Of his eyebrows under his old bell - crown ; Until , as they gazed , there crept an awe Through the ranks in whispers , and some men saw , In the antique vestments and ...
... strong right hand , And his corded throat , and the lurking frown Of his eyebrows under his old bell - crown ; Until , as they gazed , there crept an awe Through the ranks in whispers , and some men saw , In the antique vestments and ...
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... strong man erect , clothed in blue clothes , advancing , carrying a rifle on your shoulder , With well - gristled body and sunburnt face and hands , with a knife in the belt at your side , As I heard you shouting loud , your sonorous ...
... strong man erect , clothed in blue clothes , advancing , carrying a rifle on your shoulder , With well - gristled body and sunburnt face and hands , with a knife in the belt at your side , As I heard you shouting loud , your sonorous ...
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... the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses , So strong you thump , O terrible drums - so loud you bugles blow . Walt Whitman . THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW PIPES of the misty moorlands , 75 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES.
... the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses , So strong you thump , O terrible drums - so loud you bugles blow . Walt Whitman . THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW PIPES of the misty moorlands , 75 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES.
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... rear his ghastly net , That host , when from the regions of the Pole They shrunk , insane amibition's barren goal- That host , as huge and strong as e'er defied 94 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES THE FRENCH ARMY IN RUSSIA, 1812-13 ...
... rear his ghastly net , That host , when from the regions of the Pole They shrunk , insane amibition's barren goal- That host , as huge and strong as e'er defied 94 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES THE FRENCH ARMY IN RUSSIA, 1812-13 ...
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