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The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens

by Henry van Dyke

Henry van Dyke

This is the soldier brave enough to tell
The glory-dazzled world that `war is hell':
Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,
And rides through hell to save his country's life.




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