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Ballads for the Times

(Now first collected,) Geraldine, A Modern Pyramid, Bartenus, A Thousand Lines, and other poems. By Martin F. Tupper. A new Edition, enlarged and revised
Tupper, Martin Farquhar (1810-1889)

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Ballads for the Times, &c. &c.
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A Thousand Lines, etc.
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Hartenus, etc.
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SOME EARLY POEMS.
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CONTRASTED SONNETS.
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Six American Ballads.
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I.— To Brother Jonathan.
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II.— “Ye Thirty noble Nations.”
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III.— John's Rejoinder.
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IV.— The “International.”
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V.— A Stave for the South.
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VI.— “Yet once again.”

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Reproof.

Be ashamed for your reserve,
Be ashamed;—
It is not what I deserve,
Be ashamed;—
By my heart, and by my mind
Willing, warm, and well-inclined,
Let your greeting be more kind,—
Be ashamed.
Be assured it's little wise,
Be assured,—
So to chill your hand and eyes,
Be assured;—
My humility can wait,
But your love may come too late,
Pride will soon be out of date,—
Be assured.
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