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... heart wrapp'd in a woman's hide ! How could'st thou drain the life - blood of the child , To bid the father wipe his eyes withal , And yet be seen to bear a woman's face ? Women are soft , mild , pitiful , and flexible ; Thou stern ...
... heart wrapp'd in a woman's hide ! How could'st thou drain the life - blood of the child , To bid the father wipe his eyes withal , And yet be seen to bear a woman's face ? Women are soft , mild , pitiful , and flexible ; Thou stern ...
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... heart ; Who , in the conflict that it holds with death , Attracts the same for aidance ' gainst the enemy ; Which with the heart there cools and ne'er returneth To blush and beautify the cheek again . But see , his face is black and ...
... heart ; Who , in the conflict that it holds with death , Attracts the same for aidance ' gainst the enemy ; Which with the heart there cools and ne'er returneth To blush and beautify the cheek again . But see , his face is black and ...
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... hearts ; Possess them not with fear ; take from them now The sense of reckoning , if the opposed numbers Pluck their hearts from them . Not to - day , O Lord , O , not to - day , think not upon the fault My father made in compassing the ...
... hearts ; Possess them not with fear ; take from them now The sense of reckoning , if the opposed numbers Pluck their hearts from them . Not to - day , O Lord , O , not to - day , think not upon the fault My father made in compassing the ...
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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