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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POSSIBLE RESULTS OF FRIENDS' MISSION TO ST. PETERSBURG (2), by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: Prove his own love of peace and sanction theirs Last Line: Day after day, the balance of his soul. Subject(s): Alexander Ii, Czar Of Russia (1818-1881); Friends, Religious Society Of; Peace; Quakers | |||
IN THE MESSAGE OFALEXANDER II TO CONGRESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR Prove his own love of peace and sanction theirs, The very quaintness of that precedent, Which sought to baulk a warrior-king's intent By quiet looks, and unofficial prayers, - Blended with somewhat chivalrous and bold, Even in the very act of their appeal To him, full autocrat from head to heel, Sworn to his own great plans, a lifetime old - Might hit his fancy with a pleasant zest, Might haunt his memory with a dim control, Among a thousand thoughts the last and best, While that stern leaguer of Sebastopol Alternately exalted, and deprest, Day after day, the balance of his soul. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE QUAKER WIDOW by BAYARD TAYLOR CASSANDRA SOUTHWICK; 1658 by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER FIRST-DAY THOUGHTS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER DRAB BONNETS by BERNARD BARTON THE QUAKER POET; VERSES ON SEEING MYSELF SO DESIGNATED by BERNARD BARTON VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN IN A BURIAL-GROUND .. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS by BERNARD BARTON A POETICAL VERSION OF A LETTER ON RESIGNATION, FROM JACOB BEHMEN by JOHN BYROM FAMILIAR EPISTLES ON A SERMON, 'OFFICE & OPERATIONS OF HOLY SPIRIT': 1 by JOHN BYROM FOR THE DUE IMPROVEMENT OF A FUNERAL SOLEMNITY by JOHN BYROM HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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