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Death called aside the jocund groom With him into another room , And looking grave You must , says he , Quit your sweet bride , and come with me . " With you ! and quit my Susan's side ! With you ! the hapless husband cried ...
Death called aside the jocund groom With him into another room , And looking grave You must , says he , Quit your sweet bride , and come with me . " With you ! and quit my Susan's side ! With you ! the hapless husband cried ...
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He chaffered then , he bought , he sold , Nor once perceived his growing old , Nor thought of Death as near ; His friends not false , his wife no shrew , Many his gains , his children few , He passed his hours in peace .
He chaffered then , he bought , he sold , Nor once perceived his growing old , Nor thought of Death as near ; His friends not false , his wife no shrew , Many his gains , his children few , He passed his hours in peace .
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IV Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When death , careering on the gale , Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail , And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack ...
IV Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When death , careering on the gale , Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail , And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack ...
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Not unto us , they plead , Thy goodness gave Our mother to enslave ; To us Thou gavest death for love of her : Ah , what death lovelier ? But to our children's children give to see The perfect victory ! Thy dead beseech thee : to Thy ...
Not unto us , they plead , Thy goodness gave Our mother to enslave ; To us Thou gavest death for love of her : Ah , what death lovelier ? But to our children's children give to see The perfect victory ! Thy dead beseech thee : to Thy ...
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John S. McGroarty ( 1862 SUCH IS THE DEATH THE SOLDIER DIES Such is the death the soldier dies : He falls , -- the column speeds away ; Upon the dabbled grass he lies , His brave heart following , still , the fray .
John S. McGroarty ( 1862 SUCH IS THE DEATH THE SOLDIER DIES Such is the death the soldier dies : He falls , -- the column speeds away ; Upon the dabbled grass he lies , His brave heart following , still , the fray .
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| Title | The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Author | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Compiled by | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1918 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 4009 pages |
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