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The Three Enemies

The Flesh
“sweet, thou art pale.”
                        “More pale to see,
Christ hung upon the cruel tree
And bore his Father’s wrath for me.”

“Sweet, thou art sad.”
                    “Beneath a rod
More heavy Christ for my sake trod...

Poet: Christina Georgina Rossetti
Three Days

So much to do: so little done!
Ah! yesternight I saw the sun
Sink beamless down the vaulted gray,—
The ghastly ghost of YESTERDAY.

So little done: so much to do!
Each morning breaks on conflicts new;
But eager, brave, I ’ll join the fray,...

Poet: James Roberts Gilmore
The Three Scars

This I got on the day that Goring
Fought through York, like a wild beast roaring—
The roofs were black, and the streets were full,
The doors built up with packs of wool;
But our pikes made way through a storm of shot,
Barrel to barrel till locks grew hot;...

Poet: George Walter Thornbury
The Three Fishers

Three fishers went sailing out into the west,—
  Out into the west as the sun went down;
Each thought of the woman who loved him the best,
  And the children stood watching them out of the town;
For men must work, and women must weep;
And there ’s little...

Poet: Charles Kingsley