Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CANADA'S THERMOPYLAE, by ANNIE BETHUNE MACDOUGALD


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CANADA'S THERMOPYLAE, by                    
First Line: Though his head was bowed to the caesar'a toll
Last Line: Canada's thermopylae.
Subject(s): Death; Monuments; War; Dead, The


Though his head was bowed to the Caesar's toll,
Those graves like the rolling sea
Stirred a sorrow deep in his soul --
And the Man from the King stood free;
And from uncounted thousands this prayer uprose to Thee:
"God grant that we give them memory
That never they shall grieve":
Dust unto dust, for die man must,
But years cannot dim, nor Time their glory thieve,
For here is unfurled
To a listening world
Canada's Thermopylae.





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