Courage poems

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EPISTLE II: TO A LADY (Of the Characters of Women)

© Alexander Pope

NOTHING so true as what you once let fall,
"Most Women have no Characters at all."
Matter too soft a lasting mark to bear,
And best distinguish'd by black, brown, or fair.

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To England at the Outbreak of the Balkan War

© Alan Seeger

A cloud has lowered that shall not soon pass o'er.
The world takes sides: whether for impious aims
With Tyranny whose bloody toll enflames
A generous people to heroic war;

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The Statesmen

© Ambrose Bierce

How blest the land that counts among
Her sons so many good and wise,
To execute great feats of tongue
When troubles rise.

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Mary - A Ballad

© Robert Southey

Author Note: The story of the following ballad was related to me, when a school boy, as a fact which had really happened in the North of England. I have
adopted the metre of Mr. Lewis's Alonzo and Imogene--a poem deservedly
popular.

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Botany Bay Eclogues 03 - Humphrey And William

© Robert Southey

See'st thou not William that the scorching Sun
By this time half his daily race has run?
The savage thrusts his light canoe to shore
And hurries homeward with his fishy store.
Suppose we leave awhile this stubborn soil
To eat our dinner and to rest from toil!

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Why Do We Labor

© Gary R. Ferris

Is it for riches that leave us scared?
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What makes us rise and begin each day?

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The Broken Balance

© Robinson Jeffers

I heard yesterday
So shrill and mournful a trumpet-blast,
It was hard to be wise.... You must eat change and endure; not be much troubled
For the people; they will have their happiness.
When the republic grows too heavy to endure, then Caesar will carry It;
When life grows hateful, there's power ...

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The Day Is A Poem (September 19, 1939)

© Robinson Jeffers

This morning Hitler spoke in Danzig, we hear his voice.
A man of genius: that is, of amazing
Ability, courage, devotion, cored on a sick child's soul,
Heard clearly through the dog wrath, a sick child

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Contemplation Of The Sword

© Robinson Jeffers

Reason will not decide at last; the sword will decide.
The sword: an obsolete instrument of bronze or steel,
formerly used to kill men, but here
In the sense of a symbol. The sword: that is: the storms

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Suicide's Stone

© Robinson Jeffers

Peace is the heir of dead desire,
Whether abundance killed the cormorant
In a happy hour, or sleep or death
Drowned him deep in dreamy waters,
Peace is the ashes of that fire,
The heir of that king, the inn of that journey.

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Psalm XXXIII: Rejoice, Ye Righteous

© Isaac Watts

Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord,
This work belongs to you;
Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, just, and true.

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Psalm 71 part 2

© Isaac Watts

v.14-16,22-24
C. M.
Christ our strength and righteousness.

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Psalm 55

© Isaac Watts

v.1-8,16-18,22
C. M.
Support for the afflicted and tempted soul.

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Psalm 33 part 2

© Isaac Watts

Blest is the nation where the Lord
Hath fixed his gracious throne,
Where he reveals his heav'nly word,
And calls their tribes his own.

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Psalm 29

© Isaac Watts

Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame,
Give to {he Lord renown and power,
Ascribe due honors to his name,
And his eternal might adore.

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Psalm 27 part 2

© Isaac Watts

v.8,9,13,14
C. M.
Prayer and hope.

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Psalm 16 part 3

© Isaac Watts

When God is nigh, my faith is strong;
His arm is my almighty prop:
Be glad, my heart; rejoice, my tongue;
My dying flesh shall rest in hope.

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Psalm 147

© Isaac Watts

v.7-9,13-18
C. M.
The seasons of the year.

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Psalm 144 part 1

© Isaac Watts

v.1,2
C. M.
Assistance and victory in the spiritual warfare.

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Psalm 129

© Isaac Watts

Up from my youth, may Isr'el say,
Have I been nursed in tears;
My griefs were constant as the day,
And tedious as the years.