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Hannibal

by Robert Frost

Robert Frost

Was there even a cause too lost,
Ever a cause that was lost too long,
Or that showed with the lapse of time to vain
For the generous tears of youth and song?




Quotes of the Day

I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.
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    They said, my saints, my slogan-sayers sang, Be good, my child, in spite of all alarm. They stood, my fathers, tall in a row and said, Be good, be brave, you shall not come to harm. I heard them in ...