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Bathed in War's Perfume

BATHED IN WAR'S PERFUME.

BATHED in war's perfume—delicate flag! O to hear you call the sailors and the soldiers! flag like  
 a beautiful woman! O to hear the tramp, tramp, of a million answering men!  
 O the ships they arm with joy! O to see you leap and beckon from the tall masts of  
 ships! O to see you peering down on the sailors on the decks! Flag like the eyes of women.
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