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Poetry for children (1880)

Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898 · Boston : [J. Wilson & Son, University Press] · leaf 280

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- knew ;What do vou think the women did.-* Love taught them wdiat to do !Outspake a wnfe, Weve beds at home, Well l)urn them for a light. —Give us the men, and the bare ground, We want no more to-night. Thev took the grandames blanket. Who shivered and bade them goThey took the babys pillow. Who… … And fed with precious food,the flame Shone bravely on the black,Till a cry rang through the people. A boat is coming back ! Staggering diml). thiough the fog Come shapes of feai and doubt.But \\ lien the (list pi o\\ sti ikes the piei Cannot \ou heai them shout?

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