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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VICTORS, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poet's Biography
First Line: They have triumphed who have died
Last Line: They have triumphed, having died!
Subject(s): Immortality
First Line: They have triumphed who have died
Last Line: They have triumphed, having died!
Subject(s): Immortality
They have triumphed who have died;
They have passed the porches wide,
Leading from the House of Night
To the splendid lawns of light.
They have gone on that far road
Leading to their new abode,
And from curtained casements we
Watch their going wistfully.
They have won, for they have read
The bright secrets of the dead;
And they gain the deep unknown,
Hearing Life's strange undertone.
In the race across the days
They are victors; theirs the praise,
Theirs the glory and the pride—
They have triumphed, having died!
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