Read the poem: “Bless God, he went as soldiers”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Bless God, he went as soldiers

Bless God, he went as soldiers,

   His musket on his breast;

Grant, God, he charge the bravest

   Of all the martial blest.

Please God, might I behold him

   In epauletted white,

I should not fear the foe then,

   I should not fear the fight.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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