A Great Hero
All honor to him who shall win the prize
The world has cried for a thousand years
But to him who tries and who fails and dies
I give great honor and glory and tears.
O great is the hero who wins a name
But greater many and many a time
Some pale-faced fellow who dies in shame
And lets God finish the thought sublime.
And great is the man with a gun undrawn
And good is the man who efrains from wine
But the man who fails the thought sublime
Lo! he is the twin-born brother of mine.
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