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Complete Poetical Works of Bret Harte

By Bret Harte

2019-10-24 18:28:34

Have you heard the story that gossips tell Of Burns of Gettysburg?—No?  Ah, well: Brief is the glory that hero earns, Briefer the story of poor John Burns. He was the fellow who won renown,— The only man who didn't back down When the rebe ... Read more
Have you heard the story that gossips tell Of Burns of Gettysburg?—No?  Ah, well: Brief is the glory that hero earns, Briefer the story of poor John Burns. He was the fellow who won renown,— The only man who didn't back down When the rebels rode through his native town; But held his own in the fight next day, When all his townsfolk ran away. That was in July sixty-three, The very day that General Lee, Flower of Southern chivalry, Baffled and beaten, backward reeled From a stubborn Meade and a barren field. Less

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File size180.01 KB
Print pages166
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2019-02-08
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1517200688
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Bret Harte
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Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902), was an American short story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other roma...

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