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A volley was fired, a blessing said, One moment's pause—and they left the dead!— I saw a poor and an aged man, His step was feeble, his lip was wan: He knelt him down on the new-raised mound, His face was bowed on the cold damp ground, He raised his head, his tears were done,— The father had prayed o'er his only son!