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Leaves of Grass
1891
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The Bravest Soldiers.

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THE BRAVEST SOLDIERS.

Brave, brave were the soldiers (high named to-day) who lived
through the fight; But the bravest press'd to the front and fell, unnamed, unknown.

Previous Poem: A Carol Closing Sixty-Nine.
Table of Contents (1891–1892)
Next Poem: A Font of Type.

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