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The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder
Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1909)
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The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder
ON A YOUNG HERO
Too
soon? But heroes always die too soon!
This, this it is that makes them dear and great.
Grant us, O kindly Heaven, the supreme boon
To give our lives too soon—not die too late!
The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder