To
enlist
boys
who
had
reached
eighteen.
They must help defend the capital....
O
Mother!
O
Children,
do
not
weep
so!
Shedding
such
tears
will
injure
you.
When
tears
stop
flowing
then
bones
come
through,
Nor Heaven nor Earth has compassion then....
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