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THE APPROACH
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Heads forget heaviness,
Hearts forget spleen,
For by that mighty winnowing
Being is blown clean.
Light in the eyes again,
Strength in the hand,
A spirit dares, dies, forgives
And can understand.
And best! Love comes back again
After grief and shame,
And along the wind of death
Throws a clean flame!
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The battery grides and jingles;
Mile succeeds to mile;
Suddenly battering the silence
The guns burst out a while.
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I lift my head and smile.
3. Nearer
Nearer and ever nearer. . . .
My body tired but tense
Hovers 'twixt vague pleasure
And tremulous confidence.
