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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FAILURE, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Farewell, o arm of the lord!
Last Line: But the failure of the lord!
Subject(s): Failure; Farewell; God; War; Parting
First Line: Farewell, o arm of the lord!
Last Line: But the failure of the lord!
Subject(s): Failure; Farewell; God; War; Parting
FAREWELL, O Arm of the Lord!
Man who hated the sword,
Yet struck and spared not the thing abhorred!
Farewell, O word of the Word!
Man who knew no failure
But the failure of the Lord!
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