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The Soldier - ZaunköniG - 30.06.2007 The Soldier "Non vi si pensa quanto sangue costa." --Paradiso xxix, 91. The soldier fought his battle silently. Not his the strife that stays for set of sun; It seemed this warefare never might be done; Through glaring day and blinding night fought he. There came no hand to help, no eye to see; No herald's voice proclaimed the fight begun; No trumpet, when the bitter field was won, Sounded abroad the soldier's victory. As if the struggle had been light, he went, Gladly, life's common road a little space; Nor any knew how his heart's blood was spent; Yet there were some who after testified They saw a glory grow upon his face; And all men praised the soldier when he died. |