The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2H. Holt, 1918 - 4009 pages |
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Page 2211
... stand , And hear the distant spring come up the land ; Knowing that what I hear is not unheard Of this boy soldier and his negro band , For all their gaze is fixed so stern ahead , For all the fatal rhythm of their tread . The land they ...
... stand , And hear the distant spring come up the land ; Knowing that what I hear is not unheard Of this boy soldier and his negro band , For all their gaze is fixed so stern ahead , For all the fatal rhythm of their tread . The land they ...
Page 2219
... stand , And live or die for Dixie ! To arms ! To arms ! And conquer peace for Dixie ! To arms ! To arms ! And conquer peace for Dixie ! Hear the Northern thunders mutter ! Northern flags in South winds flutter ! Send them back your ...
... stand , And live or die for Dixie ! To arms ! To arms ! And conquer peace for Dixie ! To arms ! To arms ! And conquer peace for Dixie ! Hear the Northern thunders mutter ! Northern flags in South winds flutter ! Send them back your ...
Page 2225
... stand Weak , helpless , mad , a by - word in the land , - God grant thy daughter a Cordelia be ! II Stand , thou great bulwark of man's liberty ! Thou rock of shelter , rising from the wave , Sole refuge to the overwearied brave Who ...
... stand Weak , helpless , mad , a by - word in the land , - God grant thy daughter a Cordelia be ! II Stand , thou great bulwark of man's liberty ! Thou rock of shelter , rising from the wave , Sole refuge to the overwearied brave Who ...
Page 2226
... stand Its breathing book ; live worthy of that grand Heroic utterance - parted , yet a whole , Far , yet unsevered , -children brave and free Of the great Mother - tongue , and ye shall be Lords of an Empire wide as Shakespeare's soul ...
... stand Its breathing book ; live worthy of that grand Heroic utterance - parted , yet a whole , Far , yet unsevered , -children brave and free Of the great Mother - tongue , and ye shall be Lords of an Empire wide as Shakespeare's soul ...
Page 2234
... stand fast ; let heart and hand be steady ; Be thy first word thy last , -Ready , ay , ready ! We've Raleighs still for Raleigh's part , We've Nelsons yet unknown ; The pulses of the Lion Heart Beat on through Wellington . Hold ...
... stand fast ; let heart and hand be steady ; Be thy first word thy last , -Ready , ay , ready ! We've Raleighs still for Raleigh's part , We've Nelsons yet unknown ; The pulses of the Lion Heart Beat on through Wellington . Hold ...
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Alfred Tennyson battle beneath blood blow blue Bonnie Dundee bonny boys brave breath cheer Clinton Scollard Cremona cried Danny Deever dark dark Rosaleen dead dear death deep doth dream drink dust earth England eyes face fair father fear fell fight flame frae George Gordon Byron glory grave gray green Gunga Din hand hath head hear heard heart heaven Henry Wadsworth Longfellow hill Judas Iscariot King kiss lady land Lars Porsena light lips live looked Lord loud merry moon morning mother ne'er never night o'er Osawatomie pray ride ring roar rose round sail Samian wine ship shore sing sleep smile song soul sound stars stood sweet sword tears tell thee There's thine things thou turned Twas voice waves wild wind wine young young Beichan