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Excerpt from Rimes in Olive Drab
To the American Foreign Legion
God of might, give me the force of an arm
Strong enough to wither when I strike;
God of right, keep me freed from harm
That I may die as I should like.
I ask no craven's freedom from the toll
Of the legions marching towards the night,
But when my name is added to the scroll,
Grant I have struck and struck with might.
God of might, save me from a weakling's spleen,
Give me the chance to strike as does a man -
Not as a cog in a drilled machine,
But in single fury as a freeman can.
God of right, do not keep me long
From skulking death, if it lie in wait,
Lord, let me shout in Victory's song,
Or be swept aside by an equal hate.
God of might, hear my plea;
Keep me not from, the strife and fray;
Let me strike, O God of right,
This very day, this very day!
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