ARMS reversed and banners craped -- Muffled drums; Snowy horses sable-draped -- McPherson comes. But, tell us, shall we know him more, Lost-Mountain and lone Kenesaw? Brave the sword upon the pall -- A gleam in gloom; So a bright name lighteth all McPherson's doom. Bear him through the chapel-door -- Let priest in stole Pace before the warrior Who led. Bell -- toll! Lay him down within the nave, The Lesson read -- Man is noble, man is brave, But man's -- a weed. Take him up again and wend Graveward, nor weep: There's a trumpet that shall rend This Soldier's sleep. Pass the ropes the coffin round, And let descend; Prayer and volley -- let it sound McPherson's end. True fame is his, for life is o'er -- Sarpedon of the mighty war. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ADONAIS; AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN KEATS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY LAMENT OF THE IRISH EMIGRANT by HELEN SELINA SHERIDAN ST. MARTIN'S WALL by ANTON ALEXANDER VON AUERSPERG AN EPIGRAM ON WOMAN by PHILIP AYRES DEDICATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS: 7. FAREWELL TO WHITE-NIGHTS by GORDON BOTTOMLEY TO A FRIEND IN THE NAVY, SICK AT HOME by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD WARNING by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE: APOLLO AND THE FATES by ROBERT BROWNING PALAMON AND ARCITE, OR THE KNIGHT'S TALE: BOOK 1 by GEOFFREY CHAUCER |