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 "I cannot bear it!" said the pewter soldier. "I have shed pewter 
tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let read more 
 "I cannot bear it!" said the pewter soldier. "I have shed pewter 
tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me go to the wars and 
lose arms and legs! It would at least be a change. I cannot 
bear it longer! Now, I know what it is to have a visit from 
one's old thoughts, with what they may bring with them! I have 
had a visit from mine, and you may be sure it is no pleasant 
thing in the end; I was at last about to jump down from the 
drawers." 
An Austrian army awfully arrayed.
An Austrian army awfully arrayed.
 O Dormer, how can I behold thy fate,
 And not the wonders of thy youth relate;
  How read more 
 O Dormer, how can I behold thy fate,
 And not the wonders of thy youth relate;
  How can I see the gay, the brave, the young,
   Fall in the cloud of war, and lie unsung!
    In joys of conquest he resigns his breath,
     And, filled with England's glory, smiles in death. 
 You led our sons across the haunted flood,
 Into the Canaan of their high desire--
  No milk read more 
 You led our sons across the haunted flood,
 Into the Canaan of their high desire--
  No milk and honey there, but tears and blood
   Flowed where the hosts of evil trod in fire,
    And left a worse than desert where they passed. 
Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where read more
Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where other civilizations give a satisfactory outlet to only one temperamental type, be he mystic or soldier, businessman or artist, a civilization in which there are many standards offers a possibility of satisfactory adjustment to individuals of many different temperamental types, of diverse gifts, and varying interests.
Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger; not before: After deliverance, both alike requited, read more
Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger; not before: After deliverance, both alike requited, Our God's forgotten, and our soldiers slighted
"Why me?" That is the soldier's first question, asked each morning as the patrols go out and each evening as read more
"Why me?" That is the soldier's first question, asked each morning as the patrols go out and each evening as the night settles around the foxholes.
A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of read more
A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away
 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the 
hinder end of the spear smote him under the read more 
 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the 
hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the 
spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in 
the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the 
place when Asahel fell down and died stood still.