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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEBT UNPAYABLE, by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON Poet's Biography First Line: What have I given Last Line: (god grant!) all weeds in ours. Subject(s): Army - United States; Death; Honor; Navy - United States; Sacrifices; Soldiers; War - Home Front; World War I - Casualties; Dead, The; American Navy | |||
What have I given, Bold sailor on the sea, In earth or heaven That you should die for me? What can I give O soldier, leal and brave, Long as I live To pay the life you gave? What tithe or part Can I return to thee, O stricken heart, That thou should'st break for me? The wind of Death For you has slain life's flowers, It withereth (God grant!) all weeds in ours. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...READING MY POEMS FROM WORLD WAR II by WILLIAM MEREDITH WHEN THE GREAT GRAY SHIPS COME IN [AUGUST 20, 1898] by GUY WETMORE CARRYL TOM BOWLING ['S EPITAPH] by CHARLES DIBDIN HOW WE BURNED THE 'PHILADELPHIA' by BARRETT EASTMAN BARNEY'S INVITATION by PHILIP FRENEAU ON THE MEMORABLE VICTORY OF PAUL JONES by PHILIP FRENEAU THE YANKEE PRIVATEER by ARTHUR HALE OLD IRONSIDES by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS by FRANCIS HOPKINSON LIGHT [AND LOVE] by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON |
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