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A Soldier
by Author Unknown

I was what others did not want to be.
I went where others feared to go
and did what others failed to do.

I asked nothing for those who gave nothing,
and reluctantly accepted the thought
of eternal loneliness...should I fail.

I have seen the stark face of terror;
felt the stinging cold of fear;
and enjoyed the sweet taste of a moment's love.

I have cried, pained and hoped....but most of all
I have lived times others would say
were best forgotten

At least someday I will be able to say
that I was proud of what I was.....
a Soldier.

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God and Soldier

"God and the Soldier,

all men adore

in time of strife,

and not before.

When the danger is past,

all wrongs arighted

God is forgotten

the Old Soldier slighted."

by an anonymous soldier serving under the Duke of Marlborough, circa 1705

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