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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.

I.—The Country-House.

II.

II.—The Visit.

III.

III.—The Pictures.

IV.

IV.—The Painter of Florence.

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THE BATTLE-DAY;

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

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Plough and Loom.

THE FACTORY TOWN.

THE CORNFIELD AND THE FACTORY.

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Cries of the Nations.

THE CRY OF THE RUSSIAN SERF TO THE CZAR.

THE ITALIAN EXILE TO HIS COUNTRYMEN.

ONWARD AND UPWARD.

THE COMING DAY.

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Echoes from Within.

THE BETTER HOPE.

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THE POET'S MISSION.

THE POET'S PARALLEL.

THE POET'S PRAYER TO THE EVENING WIND.

THE POET'S INVITATION.

THE POET'S DEATH.

NEW YEAR'S EVE.

THE LANGUAGES.

THE HARPER WIND.

THE STEED AND THE RIDER.

THE LIFE OF A FLOWER.

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PERCY VERE THE PEER'S STORY.

I.

PART I.—MY HOME.

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THE LANGUAGES.

Greek's a harp we love to hear;
Latin is a trumpet clear;
Spanish like an organ swells;
Italian rings its bridal bells;
France, with many a frolic mien,
Tunes her sprightly violin;
Loud the German rolls his drum,
When Russia's clashing cymbals come;
But Britain's sons may well rejoice,
For English is the human voice.
These, with Eastern basses far,
Form the world's great orchestra.