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 Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the 
surface and their toughness in the middle.  
 Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the 
surface and their toughness in the middle. 
 How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
 By all their country's wishes blest!
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 How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
 By all their country's wishes blest!
  . . . .
   By fairy hands their knell is rung,
    By forms unseen their dirge is sung. 
At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. read more
At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.
 Toil for the brave!
 The brave that are no more.  
 Toil for the brave!
 The brave that are no more. 
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
 The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through 
his iron, through his blood.
 [Ger., Zwar read more 
 The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through 
his iron, through his blood.
 [Ger., Zwar der Tapfere nennt sich Herr der Lander
  Durch sein Eisen, durch sein Blut.] 
 Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone
 As when the Organ's music rolls;
  No gold rewards, read more 
 Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone
 As when the Organ's music rolls;
  No gold rewards, but song alone,
   The deeds of great and noble souls.
    [Ger., Hoch klingt das Lied vom braven Mann,
     Wie Orgelton und Glockenklang;
      Wer hohes Muths sich ruhmen kann
       Den lohnt nicht Gold, den lohnt Gesang.] 
 The truly brave,
 When they behold the brave oppressed with odds,
  Are touched with a desire to read more 
 The truly brave,
 When they behold the brave oppressed with odds,
  Are touched with a desire to shield and save:--
   A mixture of wild beasts and demi-gods
    Are they--now furious as the sweeping wave,
     Now moved with pity; even as sometimes nods
      The rugged tree unto the summer wind,
       Compassion breathes along the savage mind. 
 The brave find a home in every land.
 [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]  
 The brave find a home in every land.
 [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]