There is a word
Which bears a sword
Can pierce an armed man --
It hurls1 its barbed syllables
And is mute again --
But where it fell
The saved will tell
On patriotic2 day,
Some epauletted Brother
Gave his breath away.
Wherever runs the breathless sun --
Wherever roams the day --
There is its noiseless onset3 --
There is its victory!
Behold4 the keenest marksman!
The most accomplished5 shot!
Time's sublimest6 target
Is a soul forgot!
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