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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARMISTICE, by ROSENA A. GILES
First Line: I saw a soldier in the crowded street
Last Line: Before you give our guilty souls their rest.
Subject(s): World War Ii; Second World War
First Line: I saw a soldier in the crowded street
Last Line: Before you give our guilty souls their rest.
Subject(s): World War Ii; Second World War
I saw a soldier in the crowded street,
A frail old woman clinging to his hand,
His face alight from cheering in the Strand.
He wore a War Cross, and his restless feet
Moved to the bugle's note and the eager beat
Of the drum's call throbbing across the land,
Where nation-wide the Victory Day was planned
And men in khaki and in mufti meet.
He lifted up his proud face to the skies
No light's glad finger touched his darkened eyes;
Blind! Blind! The War Cross shining on his breast --
Oh God! Those darkened eyes! Show us how we
Can stop this frightful cost of victory
Before you give our guilty souls their rest.
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