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The Pledge.
Dying forlorn in a foreign land,
Soldier dying for me,
Over the sea I reach my hand
In a covenant with thee!
Soldier dying for me,
Over the sea I reach my hand
In a covenant with thee!
I will not let the hour and day
Slip from this life of mine
Idly as hour-glass sand away!
They are pledged to the price of thine!
Slip from this life of mine
Idly as hour-glass sand away!
They are pledged to the price of thine!
I will not choose the easier path,
Follow the lower aim;
Balance against the fear of death
Only the fear of shame!
Follow the lower aim;
Balance against the fear of death
Only the fear of shame!
I will not hold but a half-belief
In the everlasting love,
Arraign the Eternal in my grief,
Or doubt of Heaven above!
In the everlasting love,
Arraign the Eternal in my grief,
Or doubt of Heaven above!
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Life, Death, the World and Heaven no more
Seem as of old they seemed:
Days that were pawned to the Devil before
Are by thy death redeemed.
Seem as of old they seemed:
Days that were pawned to the Devil before
Are by thy death redeemed.
Dying forlorn in a foreign land,
Brother dying for me,
Across the gulf I reach my hand
And seal this debt to thee!
Brother dying for me,
Across the gulf I reach my hand
And seal this debt to thee!
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