Crane (1898), pp. 45–46. Two lines of Norton's first stanza ("But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away,/And bent with pitying glances, to hear what he might say") are missing in Crane's quotation, and it is disputed whether Crane accidentally misquoted or deliberately truncated the verse. (Jackson, David H. Textual Questions Raised by Crane's 'Soldier of the Legion'. American Literature. 1983, 55 (1): 77–80. JSTOR 2925884. doi:10.2307/2925884.)
Crane (1898), pp. 45–46. Two lines of Norton's first stanza ("But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away,/And bent with pitying glances, to hear what he might say") are missing in Crane's quotation, and it is disputed whether Crane accidentally misquoted or deliberately truncated the verse. (Jackson, David H. Textual Questions Raised by Crane's 'Soldier of the Legion'. American Literature. 1983, 55 (1): 77–80. JSTOR 2925884. doi:10.2307/2925884.)
Crane (1898), pp. 45–46. Two lines of Norton's first stanza ("But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away,/And bent with pitying glances, to hear what he might say") are missing in Crane's quotation, and it is disputed whether Crane accidentally misquoted or deliberately truncated the verse. (Jackson, David H. Textual Questions Raised by Crane's 'Soldier of the Legion'. American Literature. 1983, 55 (1): 77–80. JSTOR 2925884. doi:10.2307/2925884.)
