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The Code

Robert Frost (1874-1963).  North of Boston.  1915.
 
11. The Code
 

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The Music-Grinders

Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838-1915). Yale Book of American Verse.  1912.
 
Oliver Wendell Holmes. 1809-1894
 
96. The Music-Grinders
 

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Nine Worthies

 

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Nine worthies

Nine Worthies, nine great heroes of history (generally three biblical, three legendary and three historical).

The Nine Worthies include three good pagans: Hector, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, three good Jews: Joshua, David and Judas Maccabeus, and three good Christians: King Arthur, Charlemagne and Godfrey of Bouillon.

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