Soldiers at Peace
Herbert Asquith 1881 – 1947
Mourn not for these, the children of the spring :
On Flemish plains and far Aegean sand,
Mourn not for these, who had no perishing !
Hang high their swords in churches greatly spanned !
Whose deeds have spoken so, beyond our tears,
Their spirits live, needing no other voice
Above the dimming valley of the years
They live anew, immortal by their choice.
The soldiers' peace of their imagining
has fallen here. The whirling leaves are still:
Deep in the shadow of the rainwashed hill,
A lustre and a quietude art shed,
When all the valley streams are glimmering,
And the moon swims from the storm-wrack overhead.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABABXCXC ADDEAE |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
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