[詩詞分享] Remembrance Day : Selected Poems

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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,公仔箱論壇4 |& I3 x7 a' O( Z3 v
On the pavement here—and there beyond, it is looking,
Down a new-made double grave.! J3 g# k  f- f  P8 T6 `: @

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Lo! the moon ascending!
Up from the east, the silvery round moon;3 D) j2 Y* Q5 s  _! f" P3 o  N8 N
Beautiful over the house tops, ghastly phantom moon;tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) n& M* v$ M4 h- B' \
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,TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 y) X: i3 N; n; w- Q* @6 C
As with voices and with tears.
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I hear the great drums pounding,  w1 ?% y6 Y0 h  Z5 B( u* O2 k
And the small drums steady whirring;
And every blow of the great convulsive drums,5.39.217.76/ X& Y1 J1 Y$ G* B7 t" j
Strikes me through and through.公仔箱論壇1 ]9 l+ G1 z. R7 p* m3 T

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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) g7 a1 _( L  R9 g
Two veterans, son and father, dropt together,TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。  v2 e# B  ~" o( }/ ?. x3 t; n" o4 z0 P
And the double grave awaits them.
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Now nearer blow the bugles,( z; n' K: ~+ K4 b! V8 s6 s3 T
And the drums strike more convulsive;TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。8 M9 R: k; ~" `! p8 u
And the day-light o’er the pavement quite has faded,) p. n9 O" y. B; t' ~2 [, T+ Y  Z
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,  B" P' m2 r- U  ]! x1 Z
In heaven brighter growing.)5.39.217.76* |. B' E: j6 j" e: R0 o* i
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O strong dead-march, you please me!
O moon immense, with your silvery face you soothe me!TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。3 u: y4 a: g, s2 k2 F  O
O my soldiers twain! O my veterans, passing to burial!
What I have I also give you.% Z: ]& x' G2 A

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The moon gives you light,/ u2 k* {+ Z# E0 f" F
And the bugles and the drums give you music;公仔箱論壇2 U+ R; s) @  t% e; x$ @3 u) @4 o; \
And my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans,7 a  V/ e/ w+ W1 m9 W+ a
My heart gives you love.5.39.217.762 e, m0 ^- E$ F/ ?, |

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In Flanders Fields John McCrae (1915)

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, flyTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。  B3 G% W7 l7 X
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago公仔箱論壇" [% y: E5 B2 a/ }4 _
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,& Q, w! Q5 B# J+ Y- I
Loved and were loved, and now we lie公仔箱論壇( z) E$ ~; q" _' Y$ u# L
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Take up our quarrel with the foe:: n" q9 n1 m: F2 x' W" i
To you from failing hands we throw; g0 ]! M& B0 d/ }9 V% ~
The torch; be yours to hold it high.5.39.217.763 v$ j! H' p+ W5 k
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow5.39.217.76. u3 _' @! z5 Z# p
In Flanders fields.
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Iron   Carl Sandburg (1916)
Guns,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" K0 m- l. s' p% M
Long, steel guns,
Pointed from the war ships
In the name of the war god.5.39.217.76' h1 r% Y) O$ n( J1 @; \
Straight, shining, polished guns,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 g, I! I1 K8 O$ y8 H) w7 {: H
Clambered over with jackies in white blouses,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  t2 C! H3 {/ ^" L, J3 m# D
Glory of tan faces, tousled hair, white teeth,
Laughing lithe jackies in white blouses,
Sitting on the guns singing war songs, war chanties.. p: g4 W7 @! [- ]3 K

Shovels,0 h# A+ ~2 w: h7 [. |! Q9 }0 r8 t
Broad, iron shovels,9 ?8 A& ]( n! m% q
Scooping out oblong vaults,6 {  s- O3 G% K0 d6 ~: M2 ]: ?) E
Loosening turf and leveling sod.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 ^( u) v2 g" r9 ^: C" [# D% `' Z
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   I ask you
   To witness-5.39.217.76& _2 Q8 V$ e7 \* h7 z
   The shovel is brother to the gun.

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Grass Carl Sandburg (1918)

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Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work—5.39.217.76) C& n. C& Y6 Q( m9 ~9 f
      I am the grass; I cover all.

And pile them high at Gettysburg
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work./ n5 f) G8 E* m% H* Q, U" ~( s
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:5 t! j1 K$ l7 L0 }! T! b1 y! I$ e
      What place is this?公仔箱論壇# Q  E1 U$ j3 p! J0 Z5 [. {
      Where are we now?
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      I am the grass.
      Let me work.

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