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IN BATTLE by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: DEATH'S NOBILITY AGAIN
Last Line: To that short, triumphant sting?
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
Death's nobility again
Beautified the simplest men.
Fallen Winkle felt the pride
Of Agamemnon
When he died.
What could London's
Work and waste
Give him-
To that salty, sacrificial taste?
What could London's
Sorrow bring-
To that short, triumphant sting?



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