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... tears can win us ; What of the faith and fire within us Men who march away ? Is it a purblind prank , O think you , Friend with the musing eye Who watch us stepping by , With doubt and dolorous sigh ? Can much pondering so hoodwink you ...
... tears can win us ; What of the faith and fire within us Men who march away ? Is it a purblind prank , O think you , Friend with the musing eye Who watch us stepping by , With doubt and dolorous sigh ? Can much pondering so hoodwink you ...
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... cock say Night is growing gray To hazards whence no tears can win us ! Hence the faith and fire within us Men who march away . Thomas Hardy . " ANY FRIEND TO ANY FRIEND " Ev'N as I 14 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES.
... cock say Night is growing gray To hazards whence no tears can win us ! Hence the faith and fire within us Men who march away . Thomas Hardy . " ANY FRIEND TO ANY FRIEND " Ev'N as I 14 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES.
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... tears , Glad that her son , in his first manhood's years , Has borne himself as she would wish him do . So , long ago , the Tyrol patriot drew ( Scorning , as you have scorned , all craven fears ) Into one loyal heart six Austrian ...
... tears , Glad that her son , in his first manhood's years , Has borne himself as she would wish him do . So , long ago , the Tyrol patriot drew ( Scorning , as you have scorned , all craven fears ) Into one loyal heart six Austrian ...
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... tears , Of the deeds of the heroes that made thee great , Of the travail throes of a thousand years- Of the patient courage that conquered fate- Of doubts and despairing fears . Each drop of blood that thy children shed- Each spasm of ...
... tears , Of the deeds of the heroes that made thee great , Of the travail throes of a thousand years- Of the patient courage that conquered fate- Of doubts and despairing fears . Each drop of blood that thy children shed- Each spasm of ...
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... would spare A sigh - and it may be a tear : -ah ! well , I hear the voice that accepts my prayer In the scream of the passing shell . Edmond Holmes . THE HEART OF ITALY " ITALY , fair Italy , 24 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES.
... would spare A sigh - and it may be a tear : -ah ! well , I hear the voice that accepts my prayer In the scream of the passing shell . Edmond Holmes . THE HEART OF ITALY " ITALY , fair Italy , 24 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES.
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