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Page 15
... brave 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 ...
... brave 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 ...
Page 16
... 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.
... 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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... brave - whose dying eyes , Veiled and visionary , See the jasper gate swung wide , See the parted throng outside- Hears the voice to those who ride : " Pass in , Sanitary ! " Bret Harte . THE AGED STRANGER " I WAS with Grant- " the 47 ...
... brave - whose dying eyes , Veiled and visionary , See the jasper gate swung wide , See the parted throng outside- Hears the voice to those who ride : " Pass in , Sanitary ! " Bret Harte . THE AGED STRANGER " I WAS with Grant- " the 47 ...
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... brave Navarre , That day was their oriflamme of war . So raged the battle . You know the rest : How the rebels , beaten and backward pressed , Broke at the final charge and ran . At which John Burns - a practical man- Shouldered his ...
... brave Navarre , That day was their oriflamme of war . So raged the battle . You know the rest : How the rebels , beaten and backward pressed , Broke at the final charge and ran . At which John Burns - a practical man- Shouldered his ...
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... brave boy ( I could not save you , swift was your death , I faithfully loved you and cared for you living , I think we shall surely meet again ) Til at latest lingering of the night , indeed just as the dawn appear'd , My comrade I ...
... brave boy ( I could not save you , swift was your death , I faithfully loved you and cared for you living , I think we shall surely meet again ) Til at latest lingering of the night , indeed just as the dawn appear'd , My comrade I ...
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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 fair 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 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