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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE CONCLUSION OF PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The lyre, - 'tis written, - in ages long ago
Last Line: So be she born again!
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Peace; Sino-japanese War (1894-95)
First Line: The lyre, - 'tis written, - in ages long ago
Last Line: So be she born again!
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Peace; Sino-japanese War (1894-95)
THE lyre, -- 'tis written, -- in ages long ago,
Grew from the tense string of the warrior's bow.
If Music thus was born of hate and pain,
So be she born again!
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