Poems (Botta)/To - (6)

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New York: G. P. Putnam and Company, page 145

129716Poems (1853) — TO —Anne Lynch Botta

TO ——.


In the noble army of Reform
Thou art a pioneer;
And bravely wields thy good right arm,
The broadsword and the spear.

Thou may’st not see the battle’s close,
The victory may’st not win:
But the scars upon thy spirit prove,
Thou hast not lived in vain.