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Full Title	To His Sonne
Author	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910.
Contributor	Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957 (Illustrator)
Date Added	8 January 2014
Language	English
Publish Date	1909-03
Publisher	Dundrum : Cuala Press.
Source	Cuala Press Broadside Collection
Topic	To his sonne (Poem) Battle hymn of the Republic (Song) Fathers and sons > Poetry. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music. Donkeys > Images.
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OCR s E W PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY E. C. YEATS AT THE CUALA PRESS, CHURCHTOWN, DUNDRUM, COUNTY DUBLIN. SUBSCRIPTION TWELVE SHILLINGS A YEAR POST FREE. . L W 2 gr I TO HIS SONN E Three things thear bee, that prosper all apace, And flourish while they are asunder farr; But on :1 day, they meet all in a place, And when they meet they one another marre. And they be these: the Wood, the Weed, the Wagge; The Wood is that that makes the gallowes tree ! The Weed is that which strings the hangman's bagge; The Wagge, my pretty knave, betokens thee. Now marke, dear boy, while these assemble not, Green springes the tree, hemp growes, the Wagge is wild; But when they meet it makes the timber rot, It fretts the halter, and it choakes the child ! God bless the child ! Sir Walter Raleigh. 3oo copies only.

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