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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEATH, by ALAN MACKINTOSH Poet's Biography First Line: Because I have made light of death Last Line: None may be there to see. Alternate Author Name(s): Mackintosh, Ewart Alan Subject(s): Death; Humility; Soldiers; Solitude; War; Dead, The; Loneliness | |||
Because I have made light of death And mocked at wounds and pain, The doom is laid on me to die Like the humble men in days gone by That angered me to hear them cry For pity to me in vain. I shall not go out suddenly As many a man has done, But I shall lie as those men lay, Longing for death the whole long day, Praying, as I heard those men pray, And none shall heed me, none. The fierce waves will go surging on Before they tend to me. Oh, God of battles, I pray you send No word of pity, no help, no friend— That if my spirit break at the end None may be there to see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES BEAUMONT-HAMEL; CAPTURED, NOVEMBER 16, 1916 by ALAN MACKINTOSH |
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