Friday, May 23, 2014
Gettysburg: July 1, 1863 Comments
Rating: ★4.5
The young man, hardly more
than a boy, who fired the shot
had looked at him with an air
not of anger but of concentration,
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Jane Kenyon
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Colleen Courtney
29 May 2014
Wow. Such a powerful poem. Great visuals. Almost like watching a film of this poor young soldiers last day on earth. So very well written.
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7/23/2025 2:49:25 AM # 1.0.0
A streak of sun climbed the rough trunk of a tree, but he did not see it with his open eye. - ITALIAN: Una striscia di sole si arrampicò sul ruvido tronco di un albero, ma lui non potette vederlo, pur con l'occhio aperto.