Harmonies (Howe collection)/Fourscore

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FOURSCORE "Yet is their strength then but labor and sorrow"
Nay, not for all, not for the blest
 Whose strength it is to bring
From out an antique day the best
The ages gave to them whose quest
 Was with the gentle King.

For bringing with them love and light
 And courage for new days,
They arm a thousand for the fight,
And fear no falling of the night
 On undiscovered ways.

 (1906)

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