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Portrait of George William Russell
George William Russell 1867–1935
102Collected Poems by A.E.

THOUGH your eyes with tears were blind, Pain upon the path you trod: Well we knew, the hosts behind, Voice and shining of a god.

For your darkness was our day: Signal fires, your pains untold Lit us on our wandering way To the mystic heart of gold.

Naught we knew of the high land, Beauty burning in its spheres; Sorrow we could understand And the mystery told in tears.

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    I like the poem about George Washington.It was very touching.

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