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George Parsons Lathrop

I

  Unarmed she goeth; yet her hands
Strike deeper awe than steel-caparison’d bands.
  No fatal hurt of foe she fears,—
Veiled, as with mail, in mist of gentle tears.

II

  ‘Gainst her thou canst not bar the door:
Like air she enters, where none dared before.
  Even to the rich she can forgive
Their regal selfishness,—and let them live!

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