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The third year, and the grain grew fair, As it was wont to wave; None would have thought that golden corn Was growing on the grave.

His lot was but a peasant's lot, His name a peasant's name, Not his the place of death that turns Into a place of fame.

He fell as other thousands do, Trampled down where they fall, While on a single name is heap'd   The glory gain'd by all.