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All quiet along the Potomac tonight, no sound save the rush of the river, while soft falls the dew on the face of the dead, the picket's off duty forever.

Ethel Lynn Beers
Fall, Rivers, Forever
"The Picket-Guard" l. 41 (1861) See Remarque 1
All quiet along the Potomac tonight, no sound save the rush of the river, while soft falls the dew on the face of the dead, the picket's off duty forever.