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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAST PARADE, by NORA E. HUFFMAN
First Line: Boatman, look to your oars
Last Line: All has been done, and said.
Subject(s): Death; Parades; Dead, The
First Line: Boatman, look to your oars
Last Line: All has been done, and said.
Subject(s): Death; Parades; Dead, The
Boatman, look to your oars,
Here is a friend outbound,
A soldier's last parade
To a distant bugle's sound.
He knew the gleam of the sword,
He answered the call of drums,
Lower his country's flag,
Bravely a soldier comes.
He came with a dream achieved,
He came with his laurels earned,
With never a backward look
Where the fading shore-lights burned.
Boatman, there is a moon,
There are no reefs ahead,
Steer for the Great Unknown,
All has been done, and said.
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