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THE HERO by AMBROSE BIERCE

First Line: WE DO NOT KNOW - WE CAN BUT DEEM
Last Line: AND FOLLOWS IT THROUGHOUT THE DREAM.

We do not know—we can but deem,
And he is loyalest and best
Who takes the light full on his breast
And follows it throughout the dream.



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