"Here while I lie beneath this walnut bough, What care I for the Greeks or for Troy town, If juster battles are enacted now Between the ants upon this hummock's crown?"

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Anarchists from the United StatesAbolitionistsUnitarians from the United States19th-century poets from the United StatesLeft-libertarians
Original Language: English

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"The Summer Rain", st. 3. The Dial (October 1842) p. 224

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"The Summer Rain", st. 3. The Dial (October 1842) p. 224