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Show THESE BOYS By ROBERT ADGER BOW EN of The VigilarAes. They are not heroes in their own esteem, es-teem, These boys whose souls with hero- ism glow, Whose steadfast eyes so clearly see below The semblance and the glamor of the dream. Yet not the less upon their spirits gleam The joys and splendors of young life's bright show, The ardent flame, the keen desire to know, And love's right royal guerdon to re- ! deem. j Will they come back? we ask witn quivering breath. Nor dare to show the very dread ' we feel, So calm and bravely unafraid are ! they ; As though the challenges they make to Death The purposes divine of Life reveal re-veal 'Tis we who falter at the price they pay I |