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When promise and patience are wearing thin,
When endurance is almost driven in,
When our angels stand in a waiting hush,
Remember the Marne and Ferdinand Foch.

— Bliss Carman

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More quotes by Bliss Carman

The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man.

The glad indomitable sea,
The strong white sun.

There paused to shut the door
A fellow called the Wind,
With mystery before,
And reticence behind.

Here's to the day when it is May
And care as light as a feather,
When your little shoes and my big boots
Go tramping over the heather.

From purple glory to scarlet pomp

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