MEREDITH, GEORGE. Autograph Quotation Signed, the last
MEREDITH, GEORGE. Autograph Quotation Signed, the last two stanzas of his poem, "Il Y A Cent Ans." 1 page, 8vo; folds.Np, nd
"Our cry for cradled Peace, while men are still / The three-parts brute which smothers the divine, / Heaven answers: Guard it with forethoughtful word, / Or buy it; all your gains from War resign. / A land, not indefensibly alarmed, / May see, unwarned by hint of friendly gods, / Between a hermit crab at all points armed, / And one without a shell, decisive odds."
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MEREDITH, GEORGE. Autograph Quotation Signed, the last two stanzas of his poem, "Il Y A Cent Ans." 1 page, 8vo; folds.Np, nd
"Our cry for cradled Peace, while men are still / The three-parts brute which smothers the divine, / Heaven answers: Guard it with forethoughtful word, / Or buy it; all your gains from War resign. / A land, not indefensibly alarmed, / May see, unwarned by hint of friendly gods, / Between a hermit crab at all points armed, / And one without a shell, decisive odds."
