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I have read in some old marvellous tale	A
Some legend strange and vague	B
That a midnight host of spectres pale	A
Beleaguered the walls of Prague	C
	-
Beside the Moldau's rushing stream	D
With the wan moon overhead	E
There stood as in an awful dream	D
The army of the dead	E
	-
White as a sea fog landward bound	F
The spectral camp was seen	G
And with a sorrowful deep sound	F
The river flowed between	G
	-
No other voice nor sound was there	H
No drum nor sentry's pace	I
The mist like banners clasped the air	H
As clouds with clouds embrace	I
	-
But when the old cathedral bell	J
Proclaimed the morning prayer	H
The white pavilions rose and fell	J
On the alarmed air	H
	-
Down the broad valley fast and far	K
The troubled army fled	E
Up rose the glorious morning star	K
The ghastly host was dead	E
	-
I have read in the marvellous heart of man	L
That strange and mystic scroll	M
That an army of phantoms vast and wan	N
Beleaguer the human soul	M
	-
Encamped beside Life's rushing stream	D
In Fancy's misty light	O
Gigantic shapes and shadows gleam	D
Portentous through the night	O
	-
Upon its midnight battle ground	F
The spectral camp is seen	G
And with a sorrowful deep sound	F
Flows the River of Life between	G
	-
No other voice nor sound is there	H
In the army of the grave	P
No other challenge breaks the air	H
But the rushing of Life's wave	P
	-
And when the solemn and deep churchbell	M
Entreats the soul to pray	Q
The midnight phantoms feel the spell	M
The shadows sweep away	Q
	-
Down the broad Vale of Tears afar	K
The spectral camp is fled	E
Faith shineth as a morning star	K
Our ghastly fears are dead	E

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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