Key: E
Introduction:
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Paved was his road with the golden bricks
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To the glory and the fame.
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Yesterday's hero sits quiet and low.
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Promises of future lies shattered like broken glass.
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Lonely and crippled roaming in
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Gutters like a shadow of his past.
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Reminiscing along nostalgia's lane.
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Telling the children stories is his only joy.
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Shyly sneaking through crowds
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Almost unnoticed passing by.
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Prince of misfortunate fate is he.
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Enduring poverty's yoke
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With a bitter sigh.
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A Beggar Hero he is.
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Once a brave captain now but a
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Fallen knight of misery and pain.
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Starving through days and freezing through nights.
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Seeing the young soldiers walk by with a mocking smile.
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Shyly sneaking through crowds
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Almost unnoticed passing by.
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Prince of misfortunate fate is he.
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Enduring poverty's yoke
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With a bitter sigh.
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A Beggar Hero he is.