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From purest wells of English undefiled
None deeper drank than he, the New World's Child,
Who in the language of their farm field spoke
The wit and wisdom of New England folk.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

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O, brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother;
where pity dwells, the peace of God is there.

Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,
But spare your country's flag," she said.

Barbara Frietchie (1863)

The windows of my soul I throw
Wide open to the sun.

When faith is lost, when honor dies
The man is dead!

Life is ever lord of Death
And Love can never lose its own.

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