[詩詞分享] Remembrance Day : Selected Poems

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

The last sunbeam
Lightly falls from the finish’d Sabbath,
On the pavement here—and there beyond, it is looking,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 r  W6 R) ], N% c
Down a new-made double grave.
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Lo! the moon ascending!
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,
And I hear the sound of coming full-key’d bugles;8 S9 i, W+ u0 L
All the channels of the city streets they’re flooding,5.39.217.76/ ?: T  X- t4 n; U* T% o7 d8 b
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I hear the great drums pounding,+ T' o' q" P" x+ X! }/ o" j9 v# R" L4 @
And the small drums steady whirring;
And every blow of the great convulsive drums,
Strikes me through and through.公仔箱論壇  c5 O8 s5 y! ~$ y" @
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For the son is brought with the father;
In the foremost ranks of the fierce assault they fell;5.39.217.76  s5 ]8 v' P- \4 M* ~
Two veterans, son and father, dropt together,
And the double grave awaits them.

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Now nearer blow the bugles,
And the drums strike more convulsive;tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 z, R4 t5 {# ^6 p- ~3 j; k: M& V
And the day-light o’er the pavement quite has faded,; N  Y' b4 C1 e3 E6 J; ]3 C
And the strong dead-march enwraps me.

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In the eastern sky up-buoying,3 ~) D1 o! a3 e& o( R3 U: L- D
The sorrowful vast phantom moves illumin’d;公仔箱論壇( P) ^4 L  T$ y8 D  \4 r
(’Tis some mother’s large, transparent face,5.39.217.76; Z( \  J1 u" F1 s: c6 d' j
In heaven brighter growing.)5.39.217.76* [1 Z" _7 w1 ?  d5 g
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O strong dead-march, you please me!4 Y  S; X* Y% V5 O# U( z+ o2 `6 g
O moon immense, with your silvery face you soothe me!
O my soldiers twain! O my veterans, passing to burial!
What I have I also give you.


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The moon gives you light,
And the bugles and the drums give you music;tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 E* r/ k6 k1 R; W. {; ~; T: i
And my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans,
My heart gives you love.
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In Flanders Fields John McCrae (1915)

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Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
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We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,. y' }4 g  @5 \0 ^/ H
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
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Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.& B  V' r& ~8 B9 e* L( a1 I( E
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We shall not sleep, though poppies grow5.39.217.76: G7 l1 C- r$ ?- Y) C) e" l) [. K
In Flanders fields.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  C7 O* D/ Q& h  [) }

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Iron   Carl Sandburg (1916)
Guns,5.39.217.761 k+ h" M4 f& _  V8 b2 l
Long, steel guns,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# P0 ]; q9 L' ?1 Y7 u
Pointed from the war ships0 L) c) s+ y+ N( I4 S+ `
In the name of the war god.
Straight, shining, polished guns,+ z- H0 V( G" O
Clambered over with jackies in white blouses,# z. E+ x! E4 [# L7 m
Glory of tan faces, tousled hair, white teeth,
Laughing lithe jackies in white blouses,
Sitting on the guns singing war songs, war chanties.公仔箱論壇1 K( l0 o7 [# D1 e6 K3 C
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Shovels,
Broad, iron shovels,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. S1 \, [* j3 N  G) ]
Scooping out oblong vaults,# P1 L0 S6 F! B3 L$ ^# ?1 f, z
Loosening turf and leveling sod.

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   The shovel is brother to the gun.

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Grass Carl Sandburg (1918)

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: G6 |/ \  x& l7 V
Shovel them under and let me work—公仔箱論壇' p3 Z+ u5 @9 z. v
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And pile them high at Gettysburg公仔箱論壇0 [" f! E2 u8 _# ?" j
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work.
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      I am the grass.
      Let me work.

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