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 Truth or delusion, be it as it may,

Yet think it true, dear friends, for, thinking so,

That thought shall nerve our sinews on the day

When to the last assault our bugles blow:

Reckless of pain and peril we shall go,

Heads high and hearts aflame and bayonets bare.

And we shall brave eternity as though

Eyes looked on us in which we would seem fair—

One waited in whose presence we would wear,

Even as a lover who would be well-seen,

Our manhood faultless and our honor clean. 160