Alfred Percival Graves Poems

When behind her violated border,
With unflinching bayonet and gun,
Belgium, in heroic battle order,
Met the savage onset of the Hun;
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Pure white the shields their arms upbear,
With silver emblems rare o’ercast;
Amid blue glittering blades they go,
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Oh! Harp of Erin, what glamour gay,
What dark despairing are in thy lay!
What true love slighted thy sorrow swells,
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When all were dreaming but Pastheen Power,
A light came streaming beneath her bower,
A heavy foot at her door delayed,
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