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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REQUIESCANT, by FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT Poet's Biography First Line: In lonely watches night by night Last Line: O house them in the home of god! Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, F. G. Subject(s): Death; Soldiers' Writings; World War I - Casualties; Dead, The | |||
IN lonely watches night by night Great visions burst upon my sight, For down the stretches of the sky The hosts of dead go marching by. Strange ghostly banners o'er them float, Strange bugles sound an awful note, And all their faces and their eyes Are lit with starlight from the skies. The anguish and the pain have passed And peace hath come to them at last, But in the stern looks linger still The iron purpose and the will. Dear Christ, who reign'st above the flood Of human tears and human blood, A weary road these men have trod, O house them in the home of God! | 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 VAN ELSEN by FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT |
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