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Happy are they and charmed in life  Who through long wars arrive
At peace
To such the wreath be given,
If they unfalteringly have striven —  In honor, as in limb, unmarred

Inspired by the letters of Ethel and Julius
Wishing for the roses of your lipswe offered ourselves to a gallows'
Longing for the radiance of your glowing handswe let ourselves be slain in unlit
On the gallows away from our facedarte...