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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNITED STATES TO THE FILIPINOS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: We come to give you liberty
Last Line: If you venture to refuse.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Freedom; Philistines; Liberty
First Line: We come to give you liberty
Last Line: If you venture to refuse.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Freedom; Philistines; Liberty
We come to give you liberty
To do whate'er we choose,
Or clean extermination
If you venture to refuse.
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LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS
AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE
QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH
CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER