A Dead Soldier
by
George Edgar Montgomery (1855-1898) |
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HE sleeps at last�a hero of his race.
Dead!�and the
night lies softly on his face,
While the faint summer
stars, like sentinels,
Hover above his lonely
resting-place.
A soldier, yet less soldier than a
man,
Who gave to justice what a soldier can,
The
courage of his arm, a patient heart,
And the fire-soul
that flamed when wrong began.
Not Caesar, Alexander,
Antonine,
No despot born of the old warrior line,
Napoleons of the sword, whose cruel hands
Caught at the
throat of love upon its shrine,
But one who
worshipped in the sweeter years
Those rights that men
have gained with blood and tears;
Who led his armies like
a priest of men,
And fought his battles with anointed
spears. |
By George Edgar Montgomery (1855-1898)
Listed February 1, 2013 |
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