In books that tell the warriors glory,
For private soldiers write a line;
Suppose the soldiers had been cowards,
How could the captain’ve been sublime.
Quite true commanders should be honored,
For without them their’s nothing done;
But where the soldiers are unwilling,
I’ve never seen a victory won.
Ye men of wealth and highest honor,
And all who hold an honored sphere;
Gaze not upon your brawny arm,
Think of the meek who put you there.
(James Ephraim McGirt)
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