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It is well to fight and win- / If that may be; / It is well to fight and die therein- / For such go free;
It is ill to fight and find no grave / But a prison-cell; / To keep alive, yet live a slave- / Praise those who fell!
But worst of all are those who stand / With arms laid by, / Bannerless, helpless, no command, / No battle-cry.
They live to save unvalued breath, / With lowered eyes; / In place of victory, or death,- / A compromise!