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A Liberty Bond

Helen Leah Reed 1864 (Saint John, ) – 1926 (Cambridge, Massachusetts,)

A liberty bond! What a queer contradiction!
Although truth, as you've heard, may be stranger than fiction.
For Liberty should from all fetters release us,
While bonds hold one fast, whether pauper or Croesus.
Yet a Liberty Bond - I'd advise you to buy it -
Will ensure you your freedom - you'll see when you try it.
'Twill aid you to conquer foes cruel, despotic,
'Twill help save your Country, come, be patriotic!
A Liberty Bond - I'd advise you to buy one -
Will ensure you your freedom - rejoice when you try one!
  
  
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Scheme AABBCCDDAA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 512
Words 97
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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Helen Leah Reed

Helen Leah Reed American teacher and author; a graduate of Radcliffe College: known for her children's books, which were entertaining as well as educative, the best remembered being her Brenda series of novels. more…

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