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Henry Abbey

I lived from 1842-1911. I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.

My poetry

  • "What Do We Plant?"
    What do we plant when we plant the tree?
    We plant the ship, which will cross the sea.
    18 lines, 1 comment
  • On A Great Warrior
    When all the sky was wild and dark,
    When every heart was wrung with fear,
    43 lines, 4 comments
  • Winter Days
    Now comes the graybeard of the north:
    The forests bare their rugged breasts
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • Donald
    O white, white, light moon, that sailest in the sky,
    Look down upon the whirling world, for thou art up so high,
    15 lines
  • Faith’s Vista
    When from the vaulted wonder of the sky
    The curtain of the light is drawn aside,
    14 lines
  • In Memory of General Grant
    WHITE wings of commerce sailing far,
      Hot steam that drives the weltering wheel,
    52 lines

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