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The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens

Henry Van Dyke 1852 (Germantown, Pennsylvania) – 1933 (Princeton, New Jersey)



This is the soldier brave enough to tell
The glory-dazzled world that `war is hell':
Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,
And rides through hell to save his country's life.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AABB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 187
Words 34
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

Henry Van Dyke

Henry Jackson van Dyke was an American author, educator, and clergyman. more…

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