Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEAUMONT-HAMEL; CAPTURED, NOVEMBER 16, 1916, by ALAN MACKINTOSH Poet's Biography First Line: Dead men at beaumont Last Line: Forward evermore. Alternate Author Name(s): Mackintosh, Ewart Alan Subject(s): Army - Scotland; Death; Military; Scotland; Soldiers; Dead, The | ||||||||
Dead men at Beaumont In the mud and rain, You that were so warm once, Flesh and blood and brain, You've made an end of dying, Hurts and cold and crying, And all but quiet lying Easeful after pain. Dead men at Beaumont, Do you dream at all When the leaves of summer Ripen to their fall? Will you walk the heather, Feel the Northern weather, Wind and sun together, Hear the grouse-cock call? Maybe in the night-time A shepherd boy will see Dead men, and ghastly, Kilted to the knee, Fresh from new blood-shedding, With airy footsteps treading Hill and field and steading, Where they used to be. Nay, not so I see you, Dead friends of mine; But like a dying pibroch From the battle-line I hear your laughter ringing, And the sweet songs you're singing, And the keen words winging Across the smoke and wine. So we still shall see you, Be it peace or war, Still in all adventuring You shall go before And our children dreaming Shall see your bayonets gleaming, Scotland's warriors streaming Forward evermore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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