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Born in August 12, 1859 / Died in March 28, 1929 / United States / English

Poems by Katharine Lee Bates

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Out Of Siberia

... Shuffling feet that miss the chain, ...

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Starlight At Sea

... Our cities glimpse the stars, their luster scoffed ...

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In The Oak

... Would find, coaxed by a wistful call, ...

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Marching Feet

... Beyond the seas, in these hushed hills we dread ...

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To My Country

... God looketh through Love's eyes, whose vision clear ...

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Freedom's Battle-Song

... Peace enchained, crushed, profaned, shall yet in beauty stand, ...

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Fodder For Cannon

... Those bright, unblemished ones, ...

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Spain

... Pomegranates flushed with Spain ...

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Lydd

... For the Reunion of the Bates Family at Quincy, August 3, 1916 ...

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NIght And Morning

... While from a casement smiled, escaped from dreams, ...

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The "Titanic"

... Where after the shock and the rending she should moor at the wharf of sleep ...

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The Cry

... — Roar of cannon, shriek of shells, toll of earthward-crashing bells, ...

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Robin’s Secret

...   Who hath stirred the scented petals, peeping in where robins dwell ...

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In A Northern Wood

... Rueful hemlocks, gaunt and old, with boughs a-droop, despairing, ...

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To Our President

... For a white shield of mercy, torch that throws ...