Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REVEILLE, by EDEN PHILLPOTTS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ended the watches of the night; oh, hear the bugles blow Last Line: And their bugles blow reveillé at the golden gates of morn. Subject(s): Peace; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
ENDED the watches of the dark; oh hear the bugles blow The bugles blow Reveillé at the golden gates of morn; A shudder moves the living East; the stars are burning low Above the crystal cradle of a day that's newly born. Arise ye slumbering legions; wake for honour and for right; Awake, arise, ye myriad men, to faith and justice sworn; High heaven's fires are flashing on the valley and the height, And the bugles blow Reveillé at the golden gates of morn. Within the holy of your hearts, oh hear the bugles blow The bugles blow Reveillé at the golden gates of morn, And welcome with their clarion ineffable foreglow Of a sunrise where the souls of men are being newly born. Awake, arise, ye legions, to the challenge of the dead; Arise, awake and follow in the footsteps they have worn; For their spirits are the glory of the dayspring overhead, And their bugles blow Reveillé at the golden gates of morn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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