American Heritage: An Anthology and Interpretive Survey of Our LiteratureLeon Howard Heath, 1955 - American literature |
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... wait to hear thee call ; From Sachem's Head to Sumter's wall Resounds the voice of hut and hall , But Moultrie holds in leash her dogs of war Above the level sand . 50 And down the dunes a thousand guns lie couched , Unseen , beside the ...
... wait to hear thee call ; From Sachem's Head to Sumter's wall Resounds the voice of hut and hall , But Moultrie holds in leash her dogs of war Above the level sand . 50 And down the dunes a thousand guns lie couched , Unseen , beside the ...
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... wait till I tell you . " " It's already gone , sir . " " Gone ? " It had the sound of an unspeakable dis ... waiting to hear the rest . Neither of them spoke during ten minutes ; then Cox said , in a vexed tone , " What possessed you to ...
... wait till I tell you . " " It's already gone , sir . " " Gone ? " It had the sound of an unspeakable dis ... waiting to hear the rest . Neither of them spoke during ten minutes ; then Cox said , in a vexed tone , " What possessed you to ...
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... waits Till the clean hard weave of its atoms cripples and blunts the drills chewing a hole in it . The steel of its ... Waiting in the sky , waiting with slow easy eyes , waiting and half - murmuring : " Since you know all and I know ...
... waits Till the clean hard weave of its atoms cripples and blunts the drills chewing a hole in it . The steel of its ... Waiting in the sky , waiting with slow easy eyes , waiting and half - murmuring : " Since you know all and I know ...
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