Sleep softly in your ocean bed, Ye brave who dared to die! Your fathers, who at Shiloh bled, Accept your company. Ye sons of warriors, lightly rest— Daughters of pioneers! Heroes of freeborn, who chose the best, Not tears for you, but cheers! Lovers of life, who life could give, Sleep softly where ye lie! Ours be the vigil! Help us live, Who teach us how to die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT DOVER CLIFFS, JULY 20, 1787 by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES TO DAFFODILS by ROBERT HERRICK THE EAGLE OF THE BLUE by HERMAN MELVILLE ELEGY BEFORE DEATH by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY THE HIGH-PRIEST TO ALEXANDER by ALFRED TENNYSON |