"Send no one over by the way of War! We're crowded here. No room for more to come By battlefield of earth or sky or sea. Purge Freedom's fountain of the curse of blood By pledge of an eternal brotherhood, And bring our sacrifice to bloom in Peace. Then only can we not have crossed in vain." The dead of all the wars that were, from dawn Of Time to Flanders Fields, thus bade me speak And bring this message to mankind below. Their ranks are legion in the halls above, An untold host who gladly gave their lives That lands they loved be held for home and right. And do you ask why they assigned to me This mission, out of all the millions there? I have a hallowed tomb in every realm, And bear a universal name that cries For Peace in every earthly tongue. I am The Unknown Soldier. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REJECTED ADDRESSES: THE BABY'S DEBUT, BY W. W. by JAMES SMITH (1775-1839) THE ICE CAGE by JAMES METHVEN BALLANTYNE A WOMAN'S SONNETS: 12 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE WEDDING FEAST: 1 by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH ON THE DEATH OF SMET-SMET, THE HIPPOTAMUS-GODDESS by RUPERT BROOKE GHOSTS OF THE PAST by SARAH RUTH COLEMAN |