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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RETIREMENT, by FRANK S. CERNEY First Line: Who said that his body should bear Last Line: It has outlived a gruesome day! | |||
Who said that his body should bear A leaden pellet as its share And tumble to the clods A temple built from a worshiped frame That had Mother for its name? In defense of country life and trade Use gun and bomb and bayonet blade, Where Judgment does not lapse; The aim is true, the thrust is strong, But death results, and that is wrong. The young when ripe to face the sun Are buoyed by life that has begun Its myriad unfoldings; One is to keep the coursing stream Arush to fulfill their fondest dream. The trust of nations only can Halt the martial step of man And still the rolling drum; Yea, fold the uniform away -- It has outlived a gruesome day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PENDULUM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT [1583] by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 14. TO THE HON. CHARLES TOWNSHEND - FROM THE COUNTRY by MARK AKENSIDE PURSUIT AND POSSESSION by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH LEFT BEHIND by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN THE BATTLE MUSIC by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE DUST-BOWL by DAISY LEMON COLDIRON DAVIDEIS, A SACRED POEM OF THE TROUBLES OF DAVID: BOOK 1 by ABRAHAM COWLEY |
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