Night after the Battle.
Let every pulse in the nation's heart beat to the same deep strain—
War, strong war, while it must be war peace that we can retain;
Let us have no soulless pageantry, let us have no mimic strife,
We do not fence for a jeweled glove—we fight for a nation's life.
War, strong war, while it must be war peace that we can retain;
Let us have no soulless pageantry, let us have no mimic strife,
We do not fence for a jeweled glove—we fight for a nation's life.
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