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OCTOBER CORN by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER

First Line: RUSTY SOLDIERS
Last Line: YOU HAVE WON THE BATTLE.
Subject(s): SOLDIERS; WAR;
Rusty soldiers,
Still drilling in broken ranks,
With your bent bayonets,
Your yellow flapping arms,
You cannot make me believe
You have won the battle.



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