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[Aroused and angry]
Aroused and angry,I thought to beat the alarum, and urge relentless war;
But soon my fingers fail'd me, my face droop'd, and I resign'd myself,
To sit by the wounded and soothe them, or silently watch the dead.
| Leaves of grass (1872) | |