Absolution
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HE anguish of the earth absolves our eyesTill beauty shines in all that we can see.War is our scourge; yet war has made us wise, And, fighting for our freedom, we are free. Horror of wounds and anger at the foe,And loss of things desired; all these must pass.We are the happy legion, for we knowTime’s but a golden wind that shakes the grass,
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