English Poetry. John Pierpont. The Ballot. Джон Пирпонт.

John Pierpont (Джон Пирпонт)

The Ballot

A weapon that comes down as still  
 As snowflakes fall upon the sod;  
But executes a freeman’s will,  
 As lightning does the will of God.

John Pierpont’s other poems:

1. News-Carrier’s Address
2. The Cold Water Army
3. Evening Prayer for a Child
4. Come All Ye Young Teetotallers
5. For the Album of Miss Caroline C—

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Ella Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Ballot (“So you are through with it”)

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