Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MEN UNBORN, by DAVID OSBORNE HAMILTON Poet's Biography First Line: When spring comes on with freshness of new leaves Last Line: Peace seen afar through grief and hate and strife! Subject(s): Holidays; Veterans Day | ||||||||
WHEN spring comes on with freshness of new leaves, And gypsy meadows don their festive gear Of colored blooms, and when the ploughman cleaves The rich brown earth, and skies are blue and clear, When all the earth in sun goes revelling Until with life the autumn overflows And new ripe fruits and grains go gathering To trade in towns where peaceful commerce flows, Know then, O men unborn, in vain we cried For peace and drew forgotten swords and sent Our youth to battle youth -- so young they died All careless of the precious gift they spent! O priceless peace! Paid for with such dear life! Peace seen afar through grief and hate and strife! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHRIST OF THE ANDES by EDWIN MARKHAM DRAW THE SWORD, O REPUBLIC by EDGAR LEE MASTERS MEMORIAL DAY by WILLIAM E. BROOKS VICTORY BELLS by GRACE HAZARD CONKLING FIVE SOULS by WILLIAM NORMAN EWER BREST LEFT BEHIND by JOHN CHIPMAN FARRAR AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY BEFORE MARCHING, AND AFTER (IN MEMORIAM F.W.G.) by THOMAS HARDY THE IDIOT by DAVID OSBORNE HAMILTON |
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