8 <br /> <br />There is a word <br />Which bears a sword <br />Can pierce an armed man— <br />It hurls its barbed syllables <br />And is mute again— <br />But where it fell <br />The saved will tell <br />On patriotic day, <br />Some epauletted Brother <br />Gave his breath away. <br /> <br />Wherever runs the breathless sun— <br />Wherever roams the day— <br />There is its noiseless onset— <br />There is its victory! <br />Behold the keenest marksman! <br />The most accomplished shot! <br />Time's sublimest target <br />Is a soul "forgot!"<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/there-is-a-word/
