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作者: felicity2010 時間: 2010-11-12 03:52 AM 標題: Remembrance Day : Selected Poems

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Remembrance Day: Selected Poems

Dirge for Two Veterans from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1900)

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Lightly falls from the finish’d Sabbath," q; }0 S3 A: n" J
On the pavement here—and there beyond, it is looking,* N1 a6 i) N6 N+ O
Down a new-made double grave.
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Up from the east, the silvery round moon;
Beautiful over the house tops, ghastly phantom moon;
Immense and silent moon.
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I see a sad procession,* F8 {, d, N( T! Q3 A# Z
And I hear the sound of coming full-key’d bugles;# `: @0 k: m) V& p
All the channels of the city streets they’re flooding,
As with voices and with tears.



I hear the great drums pounding,
And the small drums steady whirring;
And every blow of the great convulsive drums,公仔箱論壇0 @+ p9 \" M0 A  X2 y( |+ I. i# H
Strikes me through and through.
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For the son is brought with the father;tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) c" g5 N- T) [
In the foremost ranks of the fierce assault they fell;% `% ]$ M% {, _6 d5 ?. B
Two veterans, son and father, dropt together,2 U; v% G1 ]3 n. K4 X" J9 J' y
And the double grave awaits them.公仔箱論壇2 U( ?: D( L' Q1 E" T



Now nearer blow the bugles,
And the drums strike more convulsive;
And the day-light o’er the pavement quite has faded,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. d1 N7 x2 a& A6 {% @- s
And the strong dead-march enwraps me.1 P' V7 t. z) u3 D' D2 ~- l


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In the eastern sky up-buoying,
The sorrowful vast phantom moves illumin’d;
(’Tis some mother’s large, transparent face," ], o: N3 c5 \& r! _3 q
In heaven brighter growing.)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  k! J5 [8 i4 I2 D3 u% i
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O strong dead-march, you please me!/ O. d- {2 h  @; A
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。8 f6 {4 E7 ?. M1 S
O my soldiers twain! O my veterans, passing to burial!
What I have I also give you.* {9 {# [! m+ R
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The moon gives you light,! d# Z( w& W" F% R. b  h; W5 h, m* i
And the bugles and the drums give you music;
And my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans,9 O1 k/ Y9 o3 [+ F% g5 e3 P
My heart gives you love.

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In Flanders Fields John McCrae (1915)

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,公仔箱論壇2 O, D9 w" \% k0 R, I+ b4 a' B4 I
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly公仔箱論壇& F( b" ]7 T5 z8 C1 ~( ^
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
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We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie- E) N2 e. f$ p* |$ i
In Flanders fields.
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Take up our quarrel with the foe:
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If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

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Iron   Carl Sandburg (1916) 5.39.217.76! V3 K: g" ?) ], _: M+ @+ [
Guns,
Long, steel guns,
Pointed from the war ships
In the name of the war god.: |( O0 ^- ~4 V1 c" o1 P! w. j) z# w
Straight, shining, polished guns,
Clambered over with jackies in white blouses,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。( \: ]' I- v' i6 j
Glory of tan faces, tousled hair, white teeth,8 j! I, V- U  W/ t. S) d( b4 F, e
Laughing lithe jackies in white blouses,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* a  V  ?) |2 k
Sitting on the guns singing war songs, war chanties.
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Shovels,
Broad, iron shovels,
Scooping out oblong vaults,
Loosening turf and leveling sod.

   I ask you
   To witness-
   The shovel is brother to the gun.

Grass Carl Sandburg (1918)

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work—
      I am the grass; I cover all.$ S! a& K7 v5 P) e5 A( Q+ h+ O
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And pile them high at Gettysburg! T: M3 S9 r, j7 y. }! N
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.# {( e0 j0 K/ ~( i
Shovel them under and let me work.
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:. x$ T1 r# i% M  A
      What place is this?
      Where are we now?
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      I am the grass.
      Let me work.

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