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Colonel Frederick Taylor - ZaunköniG - 28.05.2007 Colonel Frederick Taylor (Gettysburg, July 3, 1863) Many the ways that lead to death, but few Grandly, and one alone is glory’s gate, - Standing wherever free men dare their fate, Determined, as thou wert, to die – or do! This thou hast passed, young soldier, storming through The fiery darkness round it, - not too late To know the invaders beaten from thy State, - Ah, why too soon to rout them, and pursue? But some must fall as thou hast fallen; some Remain to fight, and fall another day; And some go down in peace to their long rest. If’t were not now, it would be still to come; And whether now, or when thy hairs were gray, Were fittest for thee – God alone knows best. |