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John McCrae - The WarriorJohn McCrae - The Warrior
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He wrought in poverty, the dull grey days, But with the night his little lamp-lit room Was bright with battle flame, or through a haze Of smoke that stung his eyes he heard the boom Of Bluecher`s guns; he shared Almeida`s scars, And from the close-packed deck, about to die, Looked up and saw the "Birkenhead"`s tall spars Weave wavering lines across the Southern sky: Or in the stifling `tween decks, row on row, At Aboukir, saw how the dead men lay;   Charged with the fiercest in Busaco`s strife, Brave dreams are his the flick`ring lamp burns low Yet couraged for the battles of the day   He goes to stand full face to face with life.
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