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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BELLEAU WOODS, 1918, by NATHANIEL JOHN HASENFUS
First Line: All alone in belleau woods
Last Line: Gone to peaceful realms on high.
Subject(s): Belleau Wood, France; World War I; First World War
First Line: All alone in belleau woods
Last Line: Gone to peaceful realms on high.
Subject(s): Belleau Wood, France; World War I; First World War
All alone in Belleau Woods,
Far from the cursory eye,
Hangs a helmet on a wooden cross,
And a rusty gun leans by.
For beneath this cross in Belleau Woods
Under France's starry skies,
Unknown, from comrades far estranged,
A Yankee soldier lies.
I said a prayer in Belleau Woods,
"Amen-ed" it with a sigh,
A prayer for him, the hero dead,
Gone to peaceful realms on high.
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