Not a mere blowing flame— A clinking ash, I feel—with shame, At malendeavor in your service. But as Jehoshaphat said on that occasion in Old Testament history, "The battle is not mine," And strategy laid down—in fine Surrender, may be conquest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SACRAL DREAMS OF RAMON FERNANDEZ by JAMES GALVIN SOUVENIR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TIRED by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE SUICIDE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TO OUR MOCKING-BIRD; DIED OF A CAT, MAY, 1878 by SIDNEY LANIER SONNET; OXFORD, 1916 by GEORGE SANTAYANA CLOTHES by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER |