G. W. S.
Brave heart, where you lie at rest,
In the long-beleaguered town.
Can you hear the night-wind lift the flag
Where the Southern stars look down?
You are passed beyond the door
To which no key we find:
Can you look backward to the earth.
Or is it dark behind?
Where you lie in your grave, brave heart,
Can you hear the war-drums beat?
Can you feel the pulse of the trampled earth
Beneath victorious feet?
The message goes from the hill,
And near and far is read,
The living know it overseas-
But who shall tell the dead?
(Ethel Clifford)
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