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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CONFLICT, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poet's Biography
First Line: Listen, listen to the blowing bugles!
Last Line: Till you fall into an open grave.
Subject(s): Perseverance; War; Youth
First Line: Listen, listen to the blowing bugles!
Last Line: Till you fall into an open grave.
Subject(s): Perseverance; War; Youth
LISTEN, listen to the blowing bugles!
I am young ... The voice of them is sweet.
Arm you well, O Youth, 'tis you they're calling.
That's the cry that never sounds retreat.
Once entangled in those plunging squadrons,
Carried as the foam is on the wave—
You can never cease the breaking battle
Till you fall into an open grave.
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