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Dreams and days

Lathrop, George Parsons (1851-1898)

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YOUTH TO THE POET
  
THE SWORD DHAM
  
“AT THE GOLDEN GATE”
  
CHARITY
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THE CASKET OF OPALS
  
LOVE THAT LIVES
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CHARITY

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Unarmed she goeth; yet her hands
Strike deeper awe than steel-caparison'd bands.
No fatal hurt of foe she fears,—
Veiled, as with mail, in mist of gentle tears.

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'Gainst her thou canst not bar the door:
Like air she enters, where none dared before.
Even to the rich she can forgive
Their regal selfishness,—and let them live!
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