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Andre's Request.

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It is not the fear of death         That damps my brow;     It is not for another breath         I ask thee now;     I can die with a lip unstirr'd         And a quiet heart -     Let but this prayer be heard         Ere I depart.     I can give up my mother's look -         My sister's kiss;     I can think of love - yet brook         A death like this!     I can give up the young fame         I burn'd to win -     All - but the spotless name         I glory in!     Thine is the power to give,         Thine to deny,     Joy for the hour I live -         Calmness to die.     By all the brave should cherish,         By my dying breath,     I ask that I may perish         With a soldier's death!

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