"My son was killed while laughing at some jest. I would I knew What it was, and it might serve me in a time when jests…"

"I have slain none except my Mother. She (Blessing her slayer) died of grief for me."

"Pity not! The Army gave Freedom to a timid slave: In which Freedom did he find Strength of body, will, and mind: By w…"

"Body and Spirit I surrendered whole To harsh Instructors—and received a soul ... If mortal man could change me throug…"

"This man in his own country prayed we know not to what Powers. We pray Them to reward him for his bravery in ours."

"I could not look on Death, which being known, Men led me to him, blindfold and alone."

"My name, my speech, my self I had forgot. My wife and children came—I knew them not. I died. My Mother followed. At h…"

"Gods of the Nile, should this stout fellow here Get out—get out! He knows not shame nor fear."

"The blown sand heaps on me, that none may learn Where I am laid for whom my children grieve. ... O wings that beat at…"

"We were together since the War began. He was my servant—and the better man."