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INSCRIPTION FOR A WELL IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF THE WAR by RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: FALL, STREAM, FROM HEAVEN TO BLESS; RETURN AS WELL
Last Line: SO DID OUR SONS; HEAVEN MET THEM AS THEY FELL.
Subject(s): AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; FOUNTAINS; MARTYRS; UNITED STATES - HISTORY;
Fall, stream, from Heaven to bless; return as well;
So did our sons; Heaven met them as they fell.


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