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Poems about History

• Jesse James

  Jesse James was a lad who killed many a man.
  He robbed the Glendale train.

  by Anonymous Americas 43 lines
• A Complete Account of the Various Colonizations of Ireland as Delivered by the Sage Fintan

  SHOULD any enquire about Eirinn,
  It is I who can tell him the truth,

  by Anonymous Irish 53 lines
• Niggers Leap, New England

  The eastward spurs tip backward from the sun.
  Nights runs an obscure tide round cape and bay

  by Judith Wright 29 lines

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