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Rh Lay him down within the nave,

The Lesson read—

Man is noble, man is brave,

But man's—a weed.

Take him up again and wend

Graveward, nor weep:

There's a trumpet that shall rend

This Soldier's sleep.

Pass the ropes the coffin round,

And let descend;

Prayer and volley—let it sound

McPherson's end.

True fame is his, for life is o'er—

Sarpedon of the mighty war.