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After the battles are over, / And the war drums cease to beat, / And no more is heard on the hillside / The sound of hurrying feet, / Full many a noble action, / That was done in the days of strife, / By the soldier is half forgotten, / In the peaceful walks of life.
Just as the tangled grasses, / In summer's warmth and light, / Grow over the graves of the fallen / And hide them away from sight, / So many an act of valor, / And many a deed sublime, / Fades from the mind of the soldier, / O'ergrown by the grass of time.