John Mccrae Death Poems
- 1. The Unconquered Dead
“. . . defeated, with great loss.”
Not we the conquered! Not to us the blame
... - 2. The Song Of The Derelict
Ye have sung me your songs, ye have chanted your rimes
(I scorn your beguiling, O sea!)
Ye fondle me now, but to strike me betimes.
(A treacherous lover, the sea!)
... - 3. The Pilgrims
An uphill path, sun-gleams between the showers,
Where every beam that broke the leaden sky
Lit other hills with fairer ways than ours;
Some clustered graves where half our memories lie;
... - 4. The Captain
1797
Here all the day she swings from tide to tide,
... - 5. Penance
My lover died a century ago,
Her dear heart stricken by my sland'rous breath,
Wherefore the Gods forbade that I should know
The peace of death.
... - 6. Mine Host
There stands a hostel by a travelled way;
Life is the road and Death the worthy host;
Each guest he greets, nor ever lacks to say,
“How have ye fared?” They answer him, the most,
... - 7. Equality
I saw a King, who spent his life to weave
Into a nation all his great heart thought,
Unsatisfied until he should achieve
The grand ideal that his manhood sought;
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jorja: i like this poem