These Are My People, Quaint and Ancient

by Julia Ward Howe

　　

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These are My People, Quaint and Ancient was included in her biography, Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), published in 1915. Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott won the Pulitzer Prize for the book in 1917.

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These are my people, quaint and ancient, Gentlefolks with their prim old ways; This, their leader come from England, Governed a State in early days. I must vanish with my ancients, But a golden web of love Is around us and beneath us, Binds us to our home above.

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Enjoy reading Howe's most famous poem, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, featured in our collection of Civil War Stories.

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