UPON a field of shrieking red A mighty general stormed and fell. They raised him from the common dead And all the people mourned him well. "Swiftly," they cried, "let honors come, And Glory with her deathless bays; For him let every muffled drum And grieving bugle thrill with praise. Has he not made the whole world fear The very lifting of his sword— Has he not slain his thousands here To glorify the Law and Lord! Then make his bed of sacred sod; To greater deeds no man can win"... @3And each amused and ancient god Began to grin.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MILES KEOGH'S HORSE by JOHN MILTON HAY A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 18 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN TO LUCASTA, [ON] GOING TO THE WARS by RICHARD LOVELACE ANTONIO by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS A TRIP TO PARIS AND BELGIUM: 16. ANTWERP TO GHENT by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE LOW-DOWN WHITE by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE |