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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STATUE OF SHERMAN BY ST. GAUDENS, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the soldier brave enough to tell
Last Line: And rides through hell to save his country's life.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Variant Title(s): Saint-gauden's Statue Of General Sherman
Subject(s): Saint Gaudens, Augustus (1848-1907); Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891); Soldiers; Statues
First Line: This is the soldier brave enough to tell
Last Line: And rides through hell to save his country's life.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Variant Title(s): Saint-gauden's Statue Of General Sherman
Subject(s): Saint Gaudens, Augustus (1848-1907); Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891); Soldiers; Statues
THIS is the soldier brave enough to tell
The glory-dazzled world that 'war is hell':
Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,
And rides through hell to save his country's life.
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