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Show jj THE CZAR AND THE DEAD SOLDIER. Unarmed anil uiiiituaiifrd walked llio cnr TiiniUKli iluw'uw't busty .irueu olio wintry day: Ttie crowd nncovensl ualtls face they awi "tiod uruet thecziul" aaul llii'V. Alonij hla path Mure iniivmlui funeral, , Gray tpwtacle cif ikivitij- ami ! A wrutoliod aleiiw. ilrauneil by oue weary mnn j fctovt ly across the miowr- ! And on tho alfd.v. blown by llio wintry wind, j , ljiy Kr l oilin, vnry rinlo anil elm: j Anl h who (Irmv It I t uctioatu hi load i With dull ami iiillcn air ! Ibe emperor MuMud ami beckoned totliiinmn; ' "Who In't tiinu beareslliilhe lirmi'l" uuhalii. I "Only a aoldlcl, lr." Iho.borl reply, i "Only a anldicr tiuad." i "Only a anldicr." tiui-niK wild tho cznr. "only a Uimsian. win) wiw poor and brara. i Stove on; I follow: iuli a onu 1,'oisa nut Cuhonurcd lo tlio uravu." Ho hunt hi head ami reverent riiimvl hii cap, j 'I Uo Oar of all tho u-iaa, pwamr aluw, J toliowltm lh onttln iim HiWiiu il went Nluvvli aero!, the snow. The passer in the airect all wnnilprlnir. booked mi Dim muht. then followed nil.-ntlff I Peasant ami inni'i. anil ai'tUiu aud clerk. All In one eimtpauy. I ?tl!l ni they went thecrowil Rrow nwiimm, Till llmii-anilii tood around llio friendless Kmvn, Led by Unit princely heart who, royal, true, : HoiiDii.il tu poor hut hnivo. -lirmton TraascrlpU j |