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THE RECORD.
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Yet even he whose common grave
    Lies in the open fields,
Died not without a thought of all
    The joy that glory yields.

That small white church in his own land,
    The lime trees almost hide,
Bears on the walls the names of those
    Who for their country died.

His name is written on those walls,
    His mother read it there,
With pride,—oh! no, there could not be
    Pride in the widow's prayer.