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The Battle-Day and Other Poems

By Ernest Jones

Jones, Ernest Charles (1819-1868)

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THE COST OF GLORY.

I.—The Country-House.

II.

II.—The Visit.

III.

III.—The Pictures.

IV.

IV.—The Painter of Florence.

THE BATTLE-DAY;

II.

III.

IV.

Plough and Loom.

LEAWOOD HALL,

THE FACTORY TOWN.

THE CORNFIELD AND THE FACTORY.

THE PEASANT.

Cries of the Nations.

LIBERTY.

THE CRY OF THE RUSSIAN SERF TO THE CZAR.

THE ITALIAN EXILE TO HIS COUNTRYMEN.

THE POET'S PRAYER TO THE EVENING WIND.

THE POET'S INVITATION.

THE STEED AND THE RIDER.

THE LIFE OF A FLOWER.

PERCY VERE THE PEER'S STORY.

INTRODUCTION.

PART I.—MY HOME.

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LIBERTY.

Thy birthplace where, young Liberty?
In graves, 'mid heroes' ashes.
Thy dwelling, where, sweet Liberty?
In hearts, where free blood dashes.

Thy best hope where, dear Liberty?
In fast upwinging time.
Thy first strength where, proud Liberty?
In thine oppressor's crime.

Thy safety where, stray Liberty?
In lands where discords cease.
Thy glory where, bright Liberty?
In universal Peace.