HAPPY are they and charmed in life Who through long wars arrive unscarred At peace. To such the wreath be given, If they unfalteringly have striven -- In honor, as in limb, unmarred. Let cheerful praise be rife, And let them live their years at ease, Musing on brothers who victorious died -- Loved mates whose memory shall ever please. And yet mischance is honorable too -- Seeming defeat in conflict justified, Whose end to closing eyes is hid from view. The will, that never can relent -- The aim, survivor of the bafflement, Make this memorial due. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF THE MAD WOMAN'S SON by KAREN SWENSON THE KIND MOON by SARA TEASDALE CINQUAIN: AMAZE by ADELAIDE CRAPSEY FATHER O'FLYNN by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES LOST AND FOUND by GEORGE MACDONALD A MOTHER'S PICTURE by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN TWELVE SONNETS: 2 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) A CONCLUSORIE HUMNE TO THE SAME WEEK; & FOR MY FRIEND by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |