Soldiers Kill, for That Is Their Profession

Music: Subdivision of the Masses.
By Philipp Weigl.
Performed by Philipp Weigl at the Free Music Archive
under an Attribution License.

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Soldiers kill, for that is their profession,
Or die, for those are soldiers that they face.
Let us honor, then, the unmarked grace
Death bestows on those in its possession.
If the cause is just, soldiers will
Embody what the nation holds most dear,
Rendering our peril in their fear,
Serving our survival when they kill.

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