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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POINT LOMA SONNETS: 2. BENNINGTON, by WINIFRED DAVIDSON
First Line: Today I climbed to bennington and stayed
Last Line: Of songs at battle's close . . . Long quietudes.
Subject(s): Point Loma, California
First Line: Today I climbed to bennington and stayed
Last Line: Of songs at battle's close . . . Long quietudes.
Subject(s): Point Loma, California
Today I climbed to Bennington and stayed
To mother the still dust -- a soldier's tomb --
For his far mourning mother. Neither room
Nor time for sorrow Bennington has made;
Nor shut life out. Today pink roses prayed
To dance tunes; and all the hours were bloom
And bird notes ringing to the cannoned boom
Where on red cliffs the mad seas enfilade.
Beside the slender shaft that holds the blue
Flung banner-wise above these victor boys,
These lonely lads, the winds of Loma blew --
Whispered bright peace; whispered of joys
Gentled in sunshine like long interludes
Of songs at battle's close . . . long quietudes.
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