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"To Fight Aloud Is Very Brave,"

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To fight aloud is very brave,     But gallanter, I know,     Who charge within the bosom,     The cavalry of woe.     Who win, and nations do not see,     Who fall, and none observe,     Whose dying eyes no country     Regards with patriot love.     We trust, in plumed procession,     For such the angels go,     Rank after rank, with even feet     And uniforms of snow.

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