Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GARLANDS, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: What are the garlands we lay on the graves? Last Line: We know what garlands will please you the best! Subject(s): Holidays; Memorial Day; Declaration Day | ||||||||
What are the garlands we lay on the graves? Heapings of blossoms that loveliest are? Beauty supreme for the bravest of braves? Yes, and an offering holier far. Here are the garlands of memories clear, Thoughts of the partings, the desperate frays, Marches and prisons and hospitals drear, Triumphs and woes of those terrible days. Garlands of gratitude fadeless and fair Lie on the graves of our glorious dead, -- Grateful for freedom that breathes in the air, Grateful for union that floats overhead. Garlands of love from the children and wives, Garlands of hope for the nation to-day, Garlands of offered and consecrate lives, These on the graves of our heroes we lay. Roses and lilies and violets blue, Daffodils, tulips, and all of the rest, -- Ah, dear departed, brave patriots true, We know what garlands will please you the best! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORIAL DAY by JOSEPHINE MILES MEMORIAL DAY FOR THE WAR DEAD by YEHUDA AMICHAI MEMORIAL DAY by MICHAEL ANANIA AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH FREDERICKSBURG by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE DEATH OF GRANT by AMBROSE BIERCE MEMORIAL DAY by WILLIAM E. BROOKS VANQUISHED; ON THE DEATH OF GENERAL GRANT by FRANCIS FISHER BROWNE A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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