Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT MARCHES?, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: What marches when the veterans march Last Line: But lift the hat, and pray? Subject(s): Holidays; Memorial Day; Declaration Day | ||||||||
What marches when the veterans march On the thirtieth day of May, That limping, glorious line of men Over a flower-strewn way? Why, Gettysburg is marching there, And frightful Malvern Hill, The shame and terror of Bull Run, The loss of Chancellorsville. Fort Sumter marches, Donelson, And Sherman's "to the sea," The Monitor, the Hartford, Duels of Grant and Lee. There goes the ghost of Andersonville, And Libby's spectre grim; There marches Lookout Mountain, There strides the Battle Hymn. There passes the Proclamation, End of a curse abhorred; And there goes Appomattox, The sheathing of the sword. All this goes by when the veterans march On the thirtieth day of May; And what can those that see it do But lift the hat, and pray? | 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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