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COURAGE, by                    
First Line: I love the man who dares to face defeat
Last Line: And god's great city lets the victor in.
Subject(s): Courage; Heaven; Valor; Bravery; Paradise


I love the man who dares to face defeat
And risks a conflict with heroic heart;
I love the man who bravely does his part
Where Right and Wrong in bloody battle meet.

When bugles blown by cowards sound retreat,
I love the man who grasps his sword again
And sets himself to lead his fellow-men
Far forward through the battle's din and heat.

For he who joins the issue of life's field
Must fully know the hazard of the fray,
And dare to venture ere he hope to win;
Must choose the risk and then refuse to yield
Until the sunset lights shall close the day
And God's great city lets the victor in.





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