 | Poems of Charles Warren Stoddard . |  |
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VALE
He had the soul of truth,Strong with the strength of youth;
He had the gift of wit,
With love to sweeten it.
He knew not fear or shame:
When the destroyer came,
When death betrayed the fall,
He could surrender all,
Putting the world aside.
For time had proved him,
And the gods loved him
That he died.
| Poems of Charles Warren Stoddard . | |