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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAR SONG: 2, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: "from the south they came, birds of war"
Last Line: Beyond the enemy's line
Subject(s): Native Americans;native Americans - Wars;ojibwa Indians; Indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America
First Line: "from the south they came, birds of war"
Last Line: Beyond the enemy's line
Subject(s): Native Americans;native Americans - Wars;ojibwa Indians; Indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America
From the south they came, Birds of War—
Hark! to their passing scream.
I wish the body of the fiercest,
As swift, as cruel, as strong.
I cast my body to the chance of fighting.
Happy I shall be to lie in that place,
In that place where the fight was,
Beyond the enemy's line.
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