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    Ballads of Peace in War
    Ballads of Peace in War
    Ballads of Peace in War
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    Ballads of Peace in War

    By Michael Earls

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    DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Ballads of Peace in War" by Michael Earls. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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    Release dateSep 16, 2022
    ISBN8596547341505
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      Ballads of Peace in War - Michael Earls

      Michael Earls

      Ballads of Peace in War

      EAN 8596547341505

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      HIS LIGHT

      THE COUNTERSIGN

      THE COUNTERSIGN

      A HILL O' LIGHTS

      OFF TO THE WAR

      THE TOWERS OF HOLY CROSS

      ALWAYS MAYTIME

      THE STORYTELLER

      MY FATHER'S TUNES

      A SONG

      A BALLAD OF FRANCE

      TO ONE IN SUCCESS

      THE LIFELONG WAR

      LINDEN LANE

      THE BOUNDARIES OF A HOUSE

      ATTAINMENT

      THE PHILOSOPHERS

      THE PHILOSOPHERS

      PREPAREDNESS

      I. THE DRUMMER BOY

      II. THE SAILOR

      WAR IN THE NORTH

      THE HAPPY TIME

      THE TIME OF TRUCE

      BETHLEHEM

      A VOW-DAY FLOWER

      THE TREE IN THE TENEMENT YARD

      OLD HUDSON ROVERS

      A WINTER MINSTER

      THE DARK LITTLE ROSE

      THE MONK MAELANFAID

      THE YOUNG ADVENTURERS

      THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

      THE BONNIE PRINCE O' SPRING

      ON A TRAIN

      THE COLUMBINE

      TWO SEANICHIES

      THE GREEN BRIGADE

      ALLELUIA HEIGHT

      HIS LIGHT

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      Gray mist on the sea,

      And the night coming down,

      She stays with sorrow

      In a far town.

      He goes the sea-ways

      By channel lights dim,

      Her love, a true light,

      Watches for him.

      They would be wedded

      On a fair yesterday,

      But the quick regiment

      Saw him away.

      Gray mist in her eyes

      And the night coming down:

      He feels a prayer

      From a far town.

      He goes the sea-ways,

      The land lights are dim;

      She and an altar light

      Keep watch for him.

      THE COUNTERSIGN

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      Along Virginia's wondering roads

      While armies hastened on,

      To Beauregard's great Southern host,

      Manassas fields upon,

      Came Colonel Smith's good regiment,

      Eager for Washington.

      But Colonel Smith must halt his men

      In a dangerous delay,

      Though well he knows the countryside

      To the distant host of grey.

      He cannot join with Beauregard

      For Bull Run's bloody fray.

      And does he halt for storm or ford,

      Or does he stay to dine?

      Say, No! but death will meet his men,

      Onward if moves the line:

      He dares not hurry to Beauregard,

      Not knowing the countersign.

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