The Young Soldier
It is not deathWithout hereafterTo one in dearthOf life and its laughter,
Nor the sweet murderDealt slow and evenUnto the martyrSmiling at heaven:
It is the smileFaint as a (waning) myth,Faint, and exceeding smallOn a boy's murdered mouth.
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