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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RAOUL LUFBERY, by WILLIAM A. PHELON
First Line: His was the spirit that, in ages gone
Last Line: A noble ending—and a deathless name!
Subject(s): Death; France; Soldiers; World War I; Dead, The; First World War
First Line: His was the spirit that, in ages gone
Last Line: A noble ending—and a deathless name!
Subject(s): Death; France; Soldiers; World War I; Dead, The; First World War
HIS was the spirit that, in ages gone,
Flamed through the world, out-leaping bright and high,
When Paladins laughed at the Paynim steel,
And knights died on their shields without a sigh—
Even thus he fought to aid the noblest cause,
Far in the clouds-Quixote of the sky!
La Mancha's Knight went forth to battle wrong—
His brave, disordered brain e'er called "Advance"—
Windmills and dragons, spectres of the dusk,
Reeled from the thrust of his adventurous lance.
Clearer of thought, as pure of heart, this youth
Gave all he had in aid of martyred France!
He did not wait or linger for the call,
But made himself part of the mightiest game—
Until, when fighting against whelming odds,
He fell to earth in whirling wreck and flame—
A crash-a tangled heap of twisted steel—
A noble ending—and a deathless name!
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