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I thought that silence would be best, / But I a call have heard, / And, Victor, after all the rest, / I well might say a word: / The day and work is nearly done, / And ours the victory, / And we are resting, one by one, / In graveyards by the sea.
But then you talked of other nights, / When, gay from dusk to dawn, / You wasted hours with other lights / That went where you have gone. / You spoke not of the fair and "fast", / But of the pure and true -- / "Sweet ugly women of the past" / Who stood so well by you.