The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume IV: Shapes of ClayWildside Press LLC, 01/06/2008 - 372 من الصفحات Volume 4 of the "Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce" (title: "Shapes of Clay") is a facsimile reprint of the 250-copy limited edition of 1910. |
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الصفحة 35
... thee ? The light that fills the patriot's tomb Is not of thee . The shining crown Compassionately offered down To those who falter in the gloom , And fall , and call upon thy name , And die desiring - ' tis the sign Of a diviner love ...
... thee ? The light that fills the patriot's tomb Is not of thee . The shining crown Compassionately offered down To those who falter in the gloom , And fall , and call upon thy name , And die desiring - ' tis the sign Of a diviner love ...
الصفحة 36
... the sailor's trust , - God , lift thy hand and make us free To crown the work thou hast designed . O , strike away the chains that bind Our souls to one idolatry ! The liberty thy love hath given We thank thee for 36 THE COLLECTED WORKS.
... the sailor's trust , - God , lift thy hand and make us free To crown the work thou hast designed . O , strike away the chains that bind Our souls to one idolatry ! The liberty thy love hath given We thank thee for 36 THE COLLECTED WORKS.
الصفحة 37
... thee for Our great dead fathers ' holy war Wherein our manacles were riven . We thank thee for the stronger stroke Ourselves delivered and incurred When - thine incitement half unheard- The chains we riveted we broke . We thank thee ...
... thee for Our great dead fathers ' holy war Wherein our manacles were riven . We thank thee for the stronger stroke Ourselves delivered and incurred When - thine incitement half unheard- The chains we riveted we broke . We thank thee ...
الصفحة 130
عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
الصفحة 183
عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
المحتوى
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THE JACK OF CLUBS | 98 |
TO BRIDGET | 104 |
PAGE | 106 |
TO A CENSOR | 110 |
A YEARS CASUALTIES | 118 |
A MEETING | 127 |
LAUS LUCIS | 138 |
ONE OF THE UNFAIR SEX | 205 |
THE FOLLOWING PAIR | 214 |
CONTENTMENT | 221 |
THE WOMAN | 254 |
DISAVOWAL | 262 |
A SERENADE | 273 |
A WHIPPERIN | 315 |
A KING OF CRAFT | 347 |
TO OSCAR WILDE | 144 |
THE PASSING OF SHEP | 197 |
POESY | 357 |
COOPERATION | 368 |
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الصفحة 38 - Give thou more or less, as we Shall serve the right or serve the wrong. Confirm our freedom but so long As we are worthy to be free. But when (O, distant be the time!) Majorities in passion draw Insurgent swords to murder Law, And all the land is red with crime...
الصفحة 37 - And bends him from his nearer sky. God of my country and my race! So greater than the gods of old— So fairer than the prophets told Who dimly saw and feared thy face,— Who didst but half reveal thy will And gracious ends to their desire, Behind the dawn's advancing fire Thy tender day-beam veiling still,— To whom the unceasing suns belong, And cause is one with consequence,— To whose divine, inclusive sense The moan is blended with the song,— Whose laws, imperfect and unjust, Thy just and...
الصفحة 39 - But when (ah, distant be the time!) Majorities in passion draw Insurgent swords to murder Law, And all the land is red with crime; Or — nearer menace! — when the band Of feeble spirits cringe and plead To the gigantic strength of Greed, And fawn upon his iron hand ; — Nay, when the steps to State are worn In hollows by the feet of thieves, And Mammon sits among the sheaves And chuckles while the reapers mourn; Then stay thy miracle! — replace The broken throne, repair the chain, Restore the...