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First Line: The soldier fought his battle silently
Last Line: And all men praised the soldier when he died.
Alternate Author Name(s): Burroughs, Ellen
Subject(s): Soldiers; Universities & Colleges - Faculty; Wellesley College


THE soldier fought his battle silently.
Not his the strife that stays for set of sun;
It seemed this warfare never might be done;
Through glaring day and blinding night fought he.
There came no hand to help, no eye to see;
No herald's voice proclaimed the fight begun;
No trumpet, when the bitter field was won,
Sounded abroad the soldier's victory.
As if the struggle had been light, he went,
Gladly, life's common road a little space;
Nor any knew how his heart's blood was spent;
Yet there were some who after testified
They saw a glory grow upon his face;
And all men praised the soldier when he died.





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