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Слушать(AI)England To America
And what of thee,
O Lincoln's Land?
What gloom Is darkening above the Sunset Sea?
Vowed Champion of Liberty, deplume Thy war-crest, bow thy knee,
Before God answer thee.
What talk is thine of rebels?
Didst thou turn,
My very child, thy vaunted sword on me,
To scoff to-day at patriot fires that burn In hearts unbound to thee,
Flames of the Sunset Sea?
Katharine Lee Bates
Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was a prolific American writer, college professor, scholar, and social activist. Although
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