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Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.

Stephen Vincent Benet
Heart, Knees, Wounded Knee
"American Names" l. 30 (1927)

I shall not rest quiet in Montparnasse. I shall not lie easy at Winchelsea. You may bury my body in Sussex grass, You may bury my tongue at Champmedy. I shall not be there. I shall rise and pass. Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

Stephen Vincent Benet
Lying, Heart, Body
"American Names" l. 30 (1927)

One cannot balance tragedy in the scales Unless one weighs it with the tragic heart.

Stephen Vincent Benet
Heart, Balance, Tragedy
1928 'John Brown's Body'.

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