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A Book For The King (war)

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Title:     A Book For The King (war)
Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox [More Titles by Wilcox]

A book has been made for the King,
A book of beauty and art;
To the good king's eyes
A smile shall rise
Hiding the ache in his heart -
Hiding the hurt and the grief
As he turns it, leaf by leaf.

A book has been made for the King,
A book of blood and of blight;
To the Great King's eyes
A look shall rise
That will blast and wither and smite -
Yes, smite with a just God's rage,
As He turns it, page by page.





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Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poem: Book For The King (war)

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