The Unknown Soldier
by Angela Morgan (1875-1957) |
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He is known to the sun-white Majesties
Who stand at
the gates of dawn.
He is known to the cloud-borne company
Whose souls but late have gone.
Like wind-flung stars
through lattice bars
They throng to greet their own,
With voice of flame they sound his name
Who died to us
unknown.
He is hailed by the time-crowned
brotherhood,
By the Dauntless of Marathon,
By Raymond,
Godfrey and Lion Heart
Whose dreams he carried on.
His
name they call through the heavenly hall
Unheard by
earthly ear,
He is claimed by the famed in Arcady
Who
knew no title here.
Oh faint was the lamp of Sirius
And dim was the Milky Way.
Oh far was the floor of
Paradise
From the soil where the soldier lay.
Oh chill
and stark was the crimson dark
Where huddled men lay
deep;
His comrades all denied his call--
Long had they
lain in sleep.
Oh strange how the lamp of Sirius
Drops low to the dazzled eyes,
Oh strange how the
steel-red battlefields
Are floors of Paradise.
Oh
strange how the ground with never a sound
Swings open,
tier on tier,
And standing there in the shining air
Are the friends he cherished here.
They are known to
the sun-shod sentinels
Who circle the morning's door,
They are led by a cloud-bright company
Through paths
unseen before.
Like blossoms blown, their souls have
flown
Past war and reeking sod,
In the book unbound
their names are found--
They are known in the courts of
God! |
By Angela Morgan (1875-1957)
Listed October 28, 2012 |
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