| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Melville and Coghill |
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| DEAD, with their eyes to the foe, | |
| Dead, with the foe at their feet; | |
| Under the sky laid low | |
| Truly their slumber is sweet, | |
| Though the wind from the Camp of the | 5 |
| Slain Men blow, | |
| And the rain on the wilderness beat. | |
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| Dead, for they chose to die | |
| When that wild race was run; | |
| Dead, for they would not fly, | 10 |
| Deeming their work undone, | |
| Nor cared to look on the face of the sky, | |
| Nor loved the light of the sun. | |
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| Honor we give them and tears, | |
| And the flag they died to save, | 15 |
| Rent from the raid of the spears, | |
| Wet from the war and the wave, | |
| Shall waft men’s thoughts through the dust of the years, | |
| Back to their lonely grave! | |
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