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XIX
I bear my burden of the shame,—I shun it not, and naught forget,
However much I may regret;
I claim some candor to my name,
And courage cannot change or die,—
Did they deserve to die? they died!
Let justice then be satisfied,
And as for me, why, what am I?
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