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Daring goes as daring does
Repairs the night fantastic
Glory sues as glory was
Rues the lines sarcastic.

Early must the legion rise
That greets the thrill of victory
When willful blight alerts the skies
And shades the page of history.

The great default that owe due change
And press sheer lost advantage.
The tales that flicker up are strange
Among the late glimmering ravage.

Alone, by contrast, prize in view,
Stark limitations falter together
The paths of war, dissolved, accrue
The gratuitous trust, the halter and tether.

Grace here does not live alone
It treads heavily astride valor
Encounters of courage the unknown
And wins its plight with candor.