Alas, how can we help but ...

Alas, how can we help but mourn When hero bosoms yield their breath! A century itself may bear But once the flower of such a death.
Alas, how can we help but mourn When hero bosoms yield their breath! A century itself may bear But once the flower of such a death.
 Silas Weir Mitchell

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