Rosemary and Pansies

<h2><SPAN name="THE_TEST" id="THE_TEST"></SPAN>THE TEST</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">“He fears not death, and therefore he is brave”&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">How common yet how childish is the thought,<br/></span> <span class="i2">As if death were the hardest battle fought,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And earth held naught more dreadful than the grave!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">In life, not death, doth lie the brave soul’s test,<br/></span> <span class="i2">For life demandeth purpose long and sure,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The strength to strive, the patience to endure;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Death calls for one brief struggle, then gives rest.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Through our fleet years then let us do our part<br/></span> <span class="i2">With willing arm, clear brain, and steady nerve;<br/></span> <span class="i2">In death’s dark hour no spirit true will swerve,<br/></span> <span class="i0">If he have lived his life with dauntless heart.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_23" id="page_23">{23}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />