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JOHN BROWN'S BODY: THE DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET

Poet Analysis

First Line: SLOW TIME WORE. THEY HAD TO TELL HIM AT LAST
Last Line: “LET US CROSS THE RIVER,” HE SAID, “AND REST UNDER THE SHADE OF THE TREES”
Subject(s): DEATH; JACKSON, THOMAS (STONEWALL) (1824-1863); DEAD, THE;
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