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From cliffs to beaches
Descending mists creep;
Stratagem settled they threaten in vain
To veil the tide of injured and slain.

Encamped in sparse shelter
Lucky to sleep;
Amplified screams shatter the night
Friend and foe joined as they quiver with fright.

Beneath scarlet turbans
Too broken to weep;
Herculean men reduced by war
All for landing on the wrong shore.

These are the valiant,
These are the brave,
These are the heroes
That gallantry made.


phoenix mckenna © 2000


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