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THE EFFIGIES.
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THE EFFIGIES.




Der rasche Kampf verewigt einen Mann:
Er falle gleich, so preiset ihn das Lied.
Allein die Thränen, die unendlichen
Der überbliebnen, der verlass'nen Frau,
Zählt keine Nachwelt.
Goethe.




Warrior!—whose image on thy tomb,
    With shield and crested head,
Sleeps proudly in the purple gloom
    By the stain'd window shed;
The records of thy name and race
    Have faded from the stone,
Yet, thro' a cloud of years I trace
    What thou hast been and done.