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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAR NOTES: 2. PRO PATRIA MORI, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: As a gold and scarlet sunset Last Line: Have naught to do with the years! Subject(s): Patriotism; War | |||
As a gold and scarlet sunset Glories a somber day, So sun-bright acts illumine Dull hours, drive them away. The date of the deed? Who recks it? Such moments are timeless things. Of old, Leonidas thrills us, He travels on Fame's wide wings. The date of the deed? Ah! nothing! Count it by tears or cheers, For the men who die for Country Have naught to do with the years! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I AM YOUR WAITER TONIGHT AND MY NAME IS DIMITRI by ROBERT HASS MITRAILLIATRICE by ERNEST HEMINGWAY RIPARTO D'ASSALTO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAR VOYEURS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SO MANY BLOOD-LAKES by ROBINSON JEFFERS BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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