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First Line: Reap ye the ripe ripe corn
Last Line: And the work of a thousand hands.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Crimean War (1853-1856); Veterans


REAP ye the ripe ripe corn,
Ye have reap'd the green and the young,
The fruits that were scarcely born, --
The fibres that just were strung.

Ye have reaped, as the Destinies reap,
The wit and the worth of Man,
The tears that we vainly weep --
The deeds that we vainly plan.

Now reap as the generous life
Of the pregnant Earth commands,
Each seed with a future rife,
And the work of a thousand hands.





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