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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 | |