Civil war
A civil war is a war in which the parties are segments of the same country or empire. The contention is often over matters of religion, ethnicity, or politics, but is sometimes simply a struggle for power between two or more rival groups.Examples of civil wars include:
- The Anarchy, 1135-1153
- Wars of the Roses, ~1455-1485
- English Civil War, 1642-1649
- American Civil War, 1861-1865
- Russian Civil War, 1917-1921
- Finnish Civil War, 1918
- Irish Civil War, 1922-1923
- Chinese Civil War, 1928-1937, 1945-1949
- Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
- Nigerian Civil War[?], 1967-1970
See also
There were also several major civil wars in the Roman Empire.
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_A CHILD'S KISS_.
The secret of her heart;
Of earthliness a part;
While in a little child's warm kiss
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THE GRAVE AND THE TREE.
And covered it with massive stone,
They left her sleeping all alone.
These words were chiselled on her tomb:
Even to and through the day of doom,
The epitaph of Caroline,
That it could dare the wrath divine.
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Among the heaped-up stones that lay,
And grew in stature day by day.
The sun, the shower, the passing wind,
Its little roots ran far to find
Sundered the stones, and made the grave
The ravages of Time to brave.
Vain was the exercise of skill
And vain is every human will
A MOTHER'S JEWELS.
The daughter of a hundred earls,
Though she may wear in flawless pearls
But chill the breast where they recline:
And all their brilliancy is mine.
My diamonds are my baby's eyes,
They came to me from Paradise,
'Tis Love that links his feeble hands,
And rob me of those priceless bands.
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