Grandmother. The Youth's Companion, A Curiosity.

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS

I

PATRIOTIC AND SERIOUS

II

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LIGHTER VERSE

III

FROM THE ODES OF HORACE

PATRIOTIC AND SERIOUS

PATRIOTIC AND SERIOUS

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MEMORIAL DAY

MEMORIAL DAY

No warrior he, a village lad, needing nor words nor other prod To point his duty; he was glad to tread the path his fathers trod. Week days he worked in wood and field; with homely joys he decked his life; The sword of hate he would not wield, nor take a part in cankering strife. On Sunday in the little choir he sang of Peace and brotherly love, And as his thoughts soared higher and higher, they reached unmeasured heights above. A cry for Freedom rent the Land— "Our Country calls, come, come, 'tis War; Together let us 

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