Poems : patriotic, religious, miscellaneous / by Abram J. Ryan [electronic text]
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Poems : patriotic, religious, miscellaneous / by Abram J. Ryan [electronic text]
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Ryan, Abram Joseph, 1836-1886
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Baltimore, Md.: John B. Piet & Co.
1884
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The death of men is not the deathOf rights that urged them to the fray;For men may yieldOn battle fieldA noble life with stainless shield,And swords may rustAbove their dust,But still, and stillThe touch and thrillOf freedom's vivifying breathWill nerve a heart and rouse a will
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In some hour, in the days to be,To win back triumphs from defeat;And those who blame us then will greetRight's glorious eternity.
For right lives in a thousand things;Its cradle is its martyr's grave,Wherein it rests awhile untilThe life that heroisms gaveWill rise again, at God's own will,And right the wrongWhich long and longDid reign above the true and just;And thro' the songs the poet sings,Right's vivifying spirit rings;Each simple rhymeKeeps step and timeWith those who marched away and fell,And all his linesAre humble shrinesWhere love of right will love to dwell.
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