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by Unknown

The happy laugh, the cheer. Oh glorious and meet

To honor thus the dead,

Who chose the better part,

Who for their country bled!

—The dead! Great God! she stood there in the street,

Living, yet dead in soul and mind and heart—

While far away

His grave was decked with flowers by strangers’ hands to-day.

[¹] Copyright, The Century Co.

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