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  • The Little Woman Of Clear River
    Clear River twists nine times about
    Clear River; but so deep
    That none can see the green sand.
    You hear the birds about Clear River: ...
  • Stranger Things Have Happened
    Do not believe that ink is always black,
    Or lime white, or lemon sour;
    You cannot ring one bell from two pagodas,
    You cannot have two governors for the city of Lang Son. ...
  • Misadventure
    Ever at the far side of the current
    The fishes hurl and swim,
    For pelicans and great birds
    Watch and go fishing ...
  • The Western Window
    At the head of a thousand roaring warriors,
    With the sound of gongs,
    My husband has departed
    Following glory. ...
  • Drink Song
    The crows have wakened me
    By cawing at the moon.
    I pray that I shall not think of him;
    I pray so intently ...
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Give me the scorn of the stars and a peak defiant;
Wail of the pines and a wind with the shout of a giant;
Night and a trail unknown and a heart reliant.

Give me to live and love in the old, bold fashion;
A soldier's billet at night and a soldier's ration;
A heart that leaps to the fight with a soldier's passion.

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