Mary Hannay Foott

“ Workmen, who leave the rattling looms
To ply, perforce, a deadlier trade;
Students, who quit their cloudy rooms
To step within a heavier shade.
Slow-breaking hearts that suffer long, —
Blinded and chilled 'neath love's eclipse ”

“ Sentries more terrible than you!
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