The Players

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The Players

We challenged Death. He threw with weighted dice.
We laughed and paid the forfeit, glad to pay --
Being recompensed beyond our sacrifice
With that nor Death nor Time can take away.

Francis Bickley

Title: The Players
Identifier: greatwar_clarke165

Item sets: A Treasury of War Poetry

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