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Oliver Wendell Holmes - Joseph Warren, M. D.
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TRAINED in the holy art whose lifted shield
Wards off the darts a never-slumbering foe,
By hearth and wayside lurking, waits to throw,
Oppression taught his helpful arm to wield
The slayer`s weapon: on the murderous field
The fiery bolt he challenged laid him low,
Seeking its noblest victim. Even so
The charter of a nation must be sealed!
The healer`s brow the hero`s honors crowned,
From lowliest duty called to loftiest deed.
Living, the oak-leaf wreath his temples bound;
Dying, the conqueror`s laurel was his meed,
Last on the broken ramparts` turf to bleed
Where Freedom`s victory in defeat was found.
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