Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.

A. E. Housman

Because Choose Dead Did Here Land Lie Life Live Lose Men Much Nothing Shame Sure Think Were Which Young Young Men

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