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Red of gladiolus glimmering through the wheat—Red flower of Valour springing at our feet! Dark-flowered hyacinth mingling with the red—Dark flower of Patience on the way we tread! Scarlet of poppy waving o'er the grass—Honour's bright flags along the road we ! Thorns that torment, and grassy spikes that fret,Thistles that all the fiery way beset! These shall be theirs, when Duty's day is sped;They shall lie down, the living and the dead.