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Joyce Kilmer: Prayer of a Soldier in France

Prayer of a Soldier in FranceJoyce KilmerMy shoulders ache beneath my pack (Lie easier, Cross, upon His back).I march with feet that burn and smart (Tread, Holy Feet, upon my heart).Men shout…

Aline Kilmer: Prevision

PrevisionAline KilmerI know you are too dear to stay; You are so exquisitely sweet: My lonely house will thrill some day To echoes of your eager feet.I hold your words within my heart, So…

Josephine Dodge Daskam: The Prince

The PrinceJosephine Dodge DaskamMy heart it was a cup of gold That at his lip did long to lie, But he hath drunk the red wine down, And tossed the goblet by.My heart it was a floating bird…

Francis Carlin: The Provinces

The ProvincesFrancis CarlinO God that I May arise with the Gael To the song in the sky Over Inisfail!Ulster, your dark Mold for me; Munster, a lark Hold for me!Connaght, a `caoine' Croon…

Charles Hanson Towne: The Quiet Singer

The Quiet Singer(Ave! Francis Thompson)Charles Hanson TowneHe had been singing — but I had not heard his voice; He had been weaving lovely dreams of song, O many a morning long. But I, remote…

Charles G. Roberts: The Recessional

The RecessionalCharles G. RobertsNow along the solemn heights Fade the Autumn's altar-lights; Down the great earth's glimmering chancel Glide the days and nights.Little kindred of the grass…

Lizette W. Reese

Reese, Lizette Woodworth[1856-1935](4)Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 9, 1856. Educated in the schools of that city. She has been for many years a teacher of English in West High…

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Renascence

RenascenceEdna St. Vincent MillayAll I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I…

Alan Seeger: I have a Rendezvous with Death

I have a Rendezvous with DeathAlan SeegerI have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustling shade And apple-blossoms fill the air — I have a…

Louis Untermeyer: Reveillé

ReveilléLouis UntermeyerWhat sudden bugle calls us in the night And wakes us from a dream that we had shaped; Flinging us sharply up against a fight We thought we had escaped.It is no easy…