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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HAPPY THOUGHT FOR SOME STRUGGLING NATION, by MORRIE RYSKIND Poet's Biography
First Line: Though the privates may never return
Last Line: Need we burden the lord with our prayers?
Subject(s): Death; Prayer; Sacrifices; Dead, The
First Line: Though the privates may never return
Last Line: Need we burden the lord with our prayers?
Subject(s): Death; Prayer; Sacrifices; Dead, The
THOUGH the privates may never return
To the hearths and the homes that were theirs,
Since the dukes and the viscounts are safe,
Need we burden the Lord with our prayers?
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