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Sword and Plough
- Civil War History
- The Kent State University Press
- Volume 1, Number 1, March 1955
- p. 70
- 10.1353/cwh.1955.0019
- Article
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Sword and Plough CHARLES DAWSON SHANLEY The Sword came down to the red-brown field, Where the Plough to the furrow heaved and keeled; And it looked so proud in its jingling gear, — Said the Plough to the Sword, "What brings you here?" "Long years ago, ere I was born, They doubled my grandsire up, one morn, To forge a share for you, and now They want him back," said the Sword to the Plough. The red-brown field glowed a deeper red, As the gleam of War o'er the landscape sped; The sabres flashed, the cannon roared, And side by side fought the Plough and the Sword. 70 ...