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by James Baldwin
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If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe— Such boasting as the Gentiles use Or lesser breeds without the Law— Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget!

For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard, All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee to guard— For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy mercy on Thy people, Lord!

Amen.

FOOTNOTE:

[Footnote 68: By Rudyard Kipling.]



PROPER NAMES

Ad i ron'dacks

AE tō'li a

Ag a mem'non

A lon'zo

A mē'li a

An a tō'li a

An'to ny

A pol'lo

Ar'gīve

Ar'thur

Assisi (äs sē zē)

As syr'i a

Bar'ba ra

Ba vā'ri a

Ber'lin

Bevagno (ba vān'yo)

Boetia (be ō'shĭ a)

Bo'na parte

Bozzaris (bo zăr'is)

Brit'ta ny

Bru'tus

Bun'yan

Bur'gun dy

Bysshe (bĭsh)

Ca'diz

Cal e do'ni a

Ca thay'

Cau'dle

Charn'wood

Chat ta hoo'chee

Chis'wick

Col i sē'um

Cop'per field

Cōv'er ley

Crēa'kle

Cris'sa

Dā'na

Dăn'ube

Dāv'en port

Delft

Domitian (do mĭsh'i an)

Eb en ē'zer

Espanola (ĕs pan yō'la)

Eu'taw

Fer nan'do

Fĕz'zĭ wig

Fran'cis

Gal i lē'o

Get'tys burg

Gib'son

Guä nä hă'nï

Hab'er sham

Hā'man

Häm'elin

Har'le quin

Hĕl'las

Hel'les pont

Hu'bert

Ja māi'ca

Je mī'ma

John'son

Juana (hwä'na)

Knick'erbock er

La niēr'

Lannes (län)

Leg'horn

Locks'ley

Lor raine'

Mag ne'si a

Măr'i on

Mas'sa soit

Mĭch'ael mas

Mon'mouth

Mont calm'

Mon te bel'lo

Mont göm'er y

Na pō'le on

Need'wood

Nich'o las

Nin'e veh

Or'e gon

O res'tēs

Pal'las

Phoe'bus

Pinzon (pēn thōn')

Pla tae'a

Po to'mac

Pro vence' (-văns)

Răph'a el

Răt'is bon

Rieti (rē ĕ'tē)

Rog'er

Rouen (rōō än')

Sa'lem

San'chez

San Sal va dor'

San tee'

Sar a to'ga

Sed'ley

Shel'ley

Spoun'cer

Tō'bit

Tō'phet

Tul'lĭ ver

Tȳre

Um'brĭ a

Văl'en tīne

Wake' field

Ys'a bel



LIST OF AUTHORS

(Place of birth in parentheses. Title of one noted book in italics. Title of most famous poem in quotation marks.)

Browning, Robert. English poet. The Ring and the Book. (Born near London.) Lived in Italy. 1812-1889.

Bryant, William Cullen. American poet and journalist. "Thanatopsis." (Massachusetts.) New York. 1794-1878.

Buckley, Arabella B. (Mrs. Fisher). English writer on popular science. (Brighton, England.) 1840——.

Bunyan, John. English preacher and writer. Pilgrim's Progress. (Bedford.) London. 1628-1688.

Burns, Robert. Scottish poet. "Tam O'Shanter." (Alloway.) Dumfries. 1759-1796.

Campbell, Thomas. Scottish poet. "Hohenlinden." (Glasgow.) 1777-1844.

Canton, William. English journalist and writer. 1845——.

Carnegie (kär nĕg'ĭ), Andrew. American manufacturer and philanthropist. (Scotland.) New York. 1837——.

Cherry, Andrew. Irish poet and dramatist. All for Fame. (Ireland.) 1762-1812.

Collins, William. English poet. (Chichester.) 1721-1759.

Columbus, Christopher. The discoverer of America. (Genoa, Italy.) Spain. 1446(?)-1506.

Cook, Eliza. English poet. "The Old Arm-Chair." 1818-1889.

Dickens, Charles. English novelist. David Copperfield. (Portsmouth.) London. 1812-1870.

Domett (dŏm'et), Alfred. English poet and statesman. "Christmas Hymn." 1811-1887.

Dumas (dü mä'), Alexandre. French novelist and dramatist. The Count of Monte Cristo. 1802-1870.

Eliot, George (Mrs. Mary Ann Evans Cross). English novelist. The Mill on the Floss. 1819-1880.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. American philosopher and poet. Essays. (Boston.) 1803-1882.

Everett, Edward. American statesman and orator. Orations and Speeches. (Massachusetts.) 1794-1865.

Fields, James T. American publisher and author. (New Hampshire.) Massachusetts. 1817-1881.

Giberne, Agnes. English writer on scientific subjects.

Goldsmith, Oliver. English poet and novelist. Vicar of Wakefield. (Ireland.) 1728-1774.

Halleck, Fitz-Greene. American poet. "Marco Bozzaris." (Connecticut.) 1790-1867.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. American novelist. The Wonder Book. (Massachusetts.) 1804-1864.

Henry, Patrick. American patriot. (Virginia.) 1736-1799.

Herrick, Robert. English poet. 1591-1674.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. American author. Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. (Massachusetts.) 1809-1894.

Hugo, Victor. French novelist and poet. 1802-1885.

Hunt, Leigh (James Henry Leigh Hunt). English essayist and poet. "Abou ben Adhem." 1784-1859.

Irving, Washington. American prose writer. The Sketch Book. (New York.) 1783-1859.

Jerrold, Douglas William. English humorist. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures. (London.) 1803-1857.

Jonson, Ben. English dramatist. 1573-1637.

Kipling, Rudyard. English writer. The Jungle Book. (Bombay, India.) England. 1865——.

Lamb, Charles. English essayist. (London.) 1775-1834.

Lanier, Sidney. American musician and author. Poems. (Georgia.) Maryland. 1842-1881.

Lee, Henry. American general, father of Robert E. Lee. (Virginia.) 1756-1818.

Lincoln, Abraham. Sixteenth president of the United States. (Kentucky.) Illinois. 1809-1865.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. American poet. Poems. (Maine.) Massachusetts. 1807-1882.

Lowell, James Russell. American poet and essayist. (Massachusetts.) 1819-1891.

Macleod, Fiona (True name William Sharp). Scottish poet and story-writer. 1856-1905.

Mitchell, Donald G. American essayist. Reveries of a Bachelor. (Connecticut.) 1822-1908.

Parker, Theodore. American clergyman and author. (Massachusetts.) 1810-1860.

Poe, Edgar Allan. American poet and story-writer. "The Raven." (Massachusetts.) Virginia. 1809-1849.

Pope, Alexander. English poet. (London.) 1688-1744.

Proctor, Richard A. English astronomer. 1837-1888.

Riley, James Whitcomb. American poet. (Indiana.) 1852——.

Rogers, Samuel. English poet. (London.) 1763-1855.

Ryan, Abram J. American clergyman and poet. (Virginia.) Georgia; Kentucky. 1839-1886.

Scott, Sir Walter. Scottish poet and novelist. Ivanhoe. (Edinburgh.) 1771-1832.

Shakespeare, William. The greatest of English dramatists. (Stratford-on-Avon.) 1564-1616.

Sharp, William. See Macleod, Fiona.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe (bĭsh). English poet. Poems. 1792-1822.

Simms, William Gilmore. American novelist and poet. (South Carolina.) 1806-1870.

Sophocles (sŏf'o klēz). Greek tragic poet. 495-406 B.C.

Sylvester, Joshua. English poet. 1563-1618.

Tennyson, Alfred. English poet. In Memoriam. (Lincolnshire.) 1809-1892.

Thackeray, William Makepeace. English novelist and critic. (Calcutta, India.) London. 1811-1863.

Timrod, Henry. American poet. (South Carolina.) 1829-1867.

Whitman, Walt. American poet. Leaves of Grass. (New York.) Washington, D.C.; New Jersey. 1819-1892.

Whittier, John Greenleaf. American poet. Poems. (Massachusetts.) 1807-1892.

Winslow, Edward. Governor of Plymouth colony. (Worcestershire, Eng.) Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1595-1655.

Wotton, Sir Henry. English poet. 1568-1639.

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