BOOK FIRST
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All valor died not on the plains of Troy.Awake, my Muse, awake! be thine the joyTo sing of deeds as dauntless and as braveAs e’er lent luster to a warrior’s grave.Sing of that noble soldier, nobler man,Dear to the heart of each American.Sound forth his praise from sea to listening sea–Greece her Achilles claimed, […]

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We must not force events, but rather makeThe heart soil ready for their coming, asThe earth spreads carpets for the feet of Spring,Or, with the strengthening tonic of the frost,Prepares for Winter. Should a July noonBurst suddenly upon a frozen worldSmall joy would follow, even tho’ that worldWere longing for the Summer. Should the stingOf […]

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(Suggested by the lives of Napoleon and Josephine.)
I.
One night was full of rapture and delight–Of reunited arms and swooning kisses,And all the unnamed and unnumbered blissesWhich fond souls find in love of love at night.
Heart beat with heart, and each clung into eachWith twining arms that did but loose their holdTo cling still closer; and […]

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