SOLDIERS OF THE LIGHT

BY HELEN GRAY CONE

BOSTON RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESS 1911

Copyright, 1910, by Helen Gray Cone

All Rights Reserved

Many of the poems included in this volume are used through the courteous permission of the editors of The Century Magazine, The Churchman, The Atlantic Monthly, and Scribner’s Magazine, where they originally appeared.

The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.

THE THIRD DAY AT GETTYSBURG

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ABRAHAM LINCOLNFebruary 12, 1909

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GREENCASTLE JENNYA BALLAD OF ’SIXTY-THREE

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BY THE BLOCKHOUSE ON THE HILLA Ballad of ’Ninety-Eight

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THE ADMIRAL’S STORY

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DEATH AFTER WAR

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THE RIDDLE OF WRECK

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THE COMMON STREET

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CALNAN’S CHRISTMAS

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