[詩詞分享] Remembrance Day : Selected Poems

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Remembrance Day: Selected Poems公仔箱論壇. V7 _* p2 y1 {6 T3 V" B+ ^- G; [7 M) e" y

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,5.39.217.77:8898% h3 ~4 Q5 |3 E
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. B  g& ^+ h/ j# F3 P
Up from the east, the silvery round moon;
Beautiful over the house tops, ghastly phantom moon;- C7 Q* k7 n" V+ r% y) \5 L% e7 D# M
Immense and silent moon.
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I see a sad procession,
And I hear the sound of coming full-key’d bugles;
All the channels of the city streets they’re flooding,
As with voices and with tears.公仔箱論壇. c/ M& g- u8 S" V2 P
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I hear the great drums pounding,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 o1 j* N) Z8 e8 g
And the small drums steady whirring;
And every blow of the great convulsive drums," l* p' d  t' B: V
Strikes me through and through.
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For the son is brought with the father;
In the foremost ranks of the fierce assault they fell;公仔箱論壇% Y' n8 E& B6 A% k/ A0 M2 I. ?% k) S
Two veterans, son and father, dropt together,公仔箱論壇' J3 A- w; C' |
And the double grave awaits them.

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Now nearer blow the bugles,5.39.217.77:8898/ d% f1 w4 |$ m
And the drums strike more convulsive;公仔箱論壇2 \8 U) p4 @2 N2 A& f* g
And the day-light o’er the pavement quite has faded,7 g9 c  {4 M( Y1 a' x
And the strong dead-march enwraps me.
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In the eastern sky up-buoying,
The sorrowful vast phantom moves illumin’d;
(’Tis some mother’s large, transparent face,- N( K/ q3 d8 i/ [
In heaven brighter growing.)
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O strong dead-march, you please me!tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# R) O& ?, x% U# f! N
O moon immense, with your silvery face you soothe me!' n/ W/ ^4 o' R. v- r5 V( F
O my soldiers twain! O my veterans, passing to burial!5.39.217.77:88984 W- j7 ]% Z. L5 s1 K
What I have I also give you.
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The moon gives you light,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 Z$ ]3 ^9 h: c' i
And the bugles and the drums give you music;5.39.217.77:88982 P6 L* h3 h% N9 B
And my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans,公仔箱論壇. X3 K/ R8 ]- @: D% y
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
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the skytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% a# f7 L. K  P$ T  g
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.5.39.217.77:8898% u, v8 W: E4 h0 b% [3 R3 v5 s$ w

We are the Dead. Short days ago公仔箱論壇6 j$ N3 E6 e8 J# P3 j1 D
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
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Take up our quarrel with the foe:tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 H% A/ `1 v9 Y
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.8 ?* S7 J6 b* S% `: ^
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies growtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 m9 y" G# K! U
In Flanders fields.
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Iron   Carl Sandburg (1916)
Guns,
Long, steel guns,
Pointed from the war ships
In the name of the war god.
Straight, shining, polished guns,
Clambered over with jackies in white blouses,% \5 Z2 Q. ^7 t5 _+ i: Z
Glory of tan faces, tousled hair, white teeth,
Laughing lithe jackies in white blouses,
Sitting on the guns singing war songs, war chanties.公仔箱論壇9 A" L  n# n, U

Shovels,
Broad, iron shovels,
Scooping out oblong vaults,
Loosening turf and leveling sod.公仔箱論壇& s% P' Y; \; \9 N
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   I ask you
   To witness-tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* i8 D. p+ q) p$ f0 U4 }* D4 a9 p
   The shovel is brother to the gun.5.39.217.77:88984 }! s, Q& Q9 c0 K0 X1 w! q0 {

Grass Carl Sandburg (1918)

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work—5.39.217.77:88981 E: {% ~+ u) o3 Q
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And pile them high at Gettysburg
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.5.39.217.77:8898' o4 R! g& e+ X$ A3 @
Shovel them under and let me work.
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
      What place is this?公仔箱論壇) `7 @: {0 ~0 Z; A  Y  s5 J+ _
      Where are we now?

      I am the grass.! f; ]: B% z3 z3 K3 r" \
      Let me work.

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