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Born in August 25, 1836 / Died in May 6, 1902 / United States / English

Poems by Francis Bret Harte

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John Burns Of Gettysburg

... Through the ranks in whispers, and some men saw, ...

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Friar Pedro's Ride

...   Made green the hills beside the white-faced Mission, ...

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Master Johnny's Next-Door Neighbor

...   DEAD! You don't hear one half I am saying,--I really do think it's too bad! ...

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Grizzly

... Thou shalt spread the woodland cheer, ...

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The Lost Galleon

... " Said the stranger, "Then you've wrongly reckoned ...

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A Geological Madrigal

...   And I loved you the more for that wish-- ...

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Truthful James To The Editor

... He was skelped 'gainst the custom of nations, and cut off like a rose ...

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The Thought-Reader Of Angels

... " And we'd waited six months for that suthin'--had me and Bill Nye--in ...

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Battle Bunny (Malvern Hill, 1864)

... ------ Who believes that equal grace ...

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Dolly Varden

... Trim-bodiced, bright-eyed, roguish-lipped,-- ...

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Jim

...   Eh? What's that you say ...

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The Aged Stranger

...   Thou'dst smooth these tidings o'er,-- ...

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Poem Delivered On The Fourteenth Anniversary Of California's Admission Into The Union, September 9,

... Spread our broad pastures with their countless kine: ...

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The Mission Bells of Monteray

... Till from that reddened coast-line sprang ...

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Off Scarborough

... " Our reply, "We have not yet begun to fight!" went shouting to the sky! ...