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Index — Chapter Poetry (Part 5 of 5)

at gallant Hale's blood,
As his words do presage, as his words do presage.

"Thou pale king of terrors, thou life's gloomy foe,
Go frighten the slave, go frighten the slave;
Tell tyrants, to you their allegiance they owe--
No fears for the brave, no fears for the brave!"