[詩詞分享] Remembrance Day : Selected Poems

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Remembrance Day: Selected Poems

Dirge for Two Veterans from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1900)

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The last sunbeam
Lightly falls from the finish’d Sabbath,) m* v8 d3 |8 V) C  v" V. D2 U
On the pavement here—and there beyond, it is looking,
Down a new-made double grave.
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Lo! the moon ascending!tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' a. P: a/ O" g& O4 M
Up from the east, the silvery round moon;
Beautiful over the house tops, ghastly phantom moon;
Immense and silent moon.
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I see a sad procession,+ ~8 O' n: I! Z9 v
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All the channels of the city streets they’re flooding,公仔箱論壇, k' P7 E/ [4 r+ m1 T
As with voices and with tears.
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I hear the great drums pounding,
And the small drums steady whirring;" F) g& d3 E" U1 A
And every blow of the great convulsive drums,' `; ?' J& e+ B9 P
Strikes me through and through.



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In the foremost ranks of the fierce assault they fell;
Two veterans, son and father, dropt together,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- e5 x9 }- j5 f# q  G5 K4 l
And the double grave awaits them.( h2 A4 O, J; x  ?


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Now nearer blow the bugles,
And the drums strike more convulsive;
And the day-light o’er the pavement quite has faded,
And the strong dead-march enwraps me.


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In the eastern sky up-buoying,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% {$ O1 F' v; K* R& f
The sorrowful vast phantom moves illumin’d;
(’Tis some mother’s large, transparent face,TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( a' o! m+ `3 {' r2 }
In heaven brighter growing.)
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O strong dead-march, you please me!tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ F) o  |; g; K( P/ \7 Z
O moon immense, with your silvery face you soothe me!5.39.217.77# B  |" e: U( o3 W
O my soldiers twain! O my veterans, passing to burial!: p6 r, c% _& @+ Q  C; E
What I have I also give you.



The moon gives you light,TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! K1 U) s& ?8 r) I, O
And the bugles and the drums give you music;
And my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans,
My heart gives you love.

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In Flanders Fields John McCrae (1915)

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In Flanders fields the poppies blow公仔箱論壇" a1 ]' ^9 f6 w" f) e% g
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days agotvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. x# s2 e& A: n
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie5.39.217.77( K; u8 L/ U  r2 X" n1 o
In Flanders fields.5.39.217.77$ l- @$ f& F, B
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Take up our quarrel with the foe:4 A2 L" p6 c4 t* y, P& Y4 P
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 Q  l) B8 S! V/ Y
If ye break faith with us who die4 R# H. {5 _8 x+ O/ }% s$ w
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.5.39.217.77, }8 ^( `3 ?" \, A2 ?# n- L

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Iron   Carl Sandburg (1916) 5.39.217.777 W3 H: b- g  n4 }) Z, J% m" A! c6 Y
Guns,: T  ?2 }( Y0 @& O+ I' I$ N
Long, steel guns,$ E) W0 R+ d5 N9 R
Pointed from the war ships公仔箱論壇. Q0 q) ~* K# w. O- d5 O
In the name of the war god.
Straight, shining, polished guns,
Clambered over with jackies in white blouses,
Glory of tan faces, tousled hair, white teeth," t  s7 }: R) a3 S% O1 x
Laughing lithe jackies in white blouses,公仔箱論壇2 O8 i% D% n( ]- ?/ n) q1 Q
Sitting on the guns singing war songs, war chanties.! Y0 I  M* }. c1 Q* z8 v

Shovels,
Broad, iron shovels,
Scooping out oblong vaults,5 L# s) f" l, u  I- O
Loosening turf and leveling sod.

   I ask you
   To witness-tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, t% E! d8 V, @+ U7 O2 P3 M3 h) e
   The shovel is brother to the gun.+ k8 l4 S  L1 L( X" l9 T( x

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Grass Carl Sandburg (1918)

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Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。& [4 P* ~" h/ |* O9 ]/ |7 Y. [
Shovel them under and let me work—
      I am the grass; I cover all.+ Y1 m. S" b2 M. X1 l5 S

And pile them high at Gettysburg5.39.217.77, l3 p7 _  H7 N8 u- m' Q
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.5.39.217.772 s- E6 P( t6 [7 E
Shovel them under and let me work.
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:) V( R) X% R0 K2 y9 c/ e, Z
      What place is this?公仔箱論壇; `5 {$ `; B/ F5 G1 a. s4 V
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      I am the grass.
      Let me work.

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