I have forgotten Pharoah and the Caesars And the black battles that they blundered through, Where men gasped out their lives, with stiffened eyelids, As men died three years ago, forgotten too. I have forgotten ancient martial musics That summoned youth to blunted faceless years: Galloping drums, proud horns and sounding bugles Drowning the guns, trench-smells, before-dawn fears. I have forgotten in this tree-filled valley, Loud with the rush of wind like surf on shore, How it grows now, rooted in our oblivion, Cruel, condign, the cancer men call war. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...APPLES OF HESPERIDES by AMY LOWELL THE PURPLE COW by FRANK GELETT BURGESS THE BRAVE OLD OAK by HENRY FOTHERGILL CHORLEY THE TEST by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE CHARGE AT SANTIAGO by WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNE |