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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By AliceBrown

1300 Life

WHAT, comrade of a night,

No sooner meet than fight?

Before the word, the blow?

Well, be it so.

Yet think not Thou I yield,

Lost on a lonely field.

Lo! to my fainting breath,

My champion, Death!