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O my brave heart! O my strong heart! My sweet heart and gay, The soul of me went with you the hour you marched away, For surely she is soulless, this woman white, and still, Who works with shining metal to make the things that kill.
I tremble as I touch them, -- so strange they are, and bright; Each one will be a comet to break the purple night. Grey Fear will ride before it, and Death will ride behind, The sound of it will deafen, -- the light of it will blind!