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  1. Soldier
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  3. II
  4. III
  5. IV
  6. V
  7. VI
  8. VII
  9. VIII
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Soldiers’ Pay

William Faulkner

free · 89,927 words · 9 h 33 m audiobook, read by czandra for LibriVox · first published 1926

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Soldier

“The hushèd plaint of wind in stricken trees
Shivers the grass in path and lane
And Grief and Time are tideless golden seas—
Hush, hush! He’s home again”

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Soldiers’ Pay by William Faulkner. The text is in the US public domain, from the Standard Ebooks edition. Served from our own copy; read on their site for the full edition with images and typography.

Narrated by czandra for LibriVox, also public domain.

First published in 1926.

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