Light many lamps and gather round his bed.
Lend him your eyes, warm blood, and will to live.
Speak to him; rouse him; you may save him yet.
He's young; he hated War; how should he die
When cruel old campaigners win safe through?
But death replied: 'I choose him.' So he went,
And there was silence in the summer night;
Silence and safety; and the veils of sleep.
Then, far away, the thudding of the guns.
Lend him your eyes, warm blood, and will to live.
Speak to him; rouse him; you may save him yet.
He's young; he hated War; how should he die
When cruel old campaigners win safe through?
But death replied: 'I choose him.' So he went,
And there was silence in the summer night;
Silence and safety; and the veils of sleep.
Then, far away, the thudding of the guns.
-Siegfried Sassoon
14 comments:
Crooner,
Heart-rending.
All that my mind could picture was the photograph of the young Major.
Touching.
This was a very touching piece Trevor. :(
:( :(...
Very, very beautifully sa(i)d.
Hard to say anything else, really.
I just cant believe I missed your blog all this while! You did not write ehen I was a regular and now I spent all my evening catching up! Great job as always! Misses ya looot!
beautifully expressed Trevor!
I saw this as a fit tribute to the real heroes..Karkare, UnniK, Kamte and Salaskar et al. They r LOVE, so they shall live FOREVER in our memories n hearts.
Keshi.
Soul,
Every time i hear mention of the martyrs, these lines keep coming back to me.
Mehek,
I had to share. I needed my closure.
Swayam,
:(
Agnes,
It's sad but it had to be said. Thanks for visiting.
Isis,
I don't write as often as i used to. But yeah, i'm blogging again. I hope you had an evening well spent. :-) Miss ya loads!
Keshi,
Weren't my lines, Kesh. But they best said how i felt.
Such a sad poem, and yet so beautifully written.
yes.
And Im bak...just for ya! ;-)
Keshi.
@ vagabond
Sassoon is at his best with war related poetry.
@ Keshi
Awwww... geee... thanks, Kesh. :-)
Very well written war poem. I agree with you on Sassoon.
Wow.
That is some salute. Fitting and touching.
Peace.
**salute**
that is some closure!
proud of u trevor!
keep writing!
@cuckoo
Thanks for visiting.
@ Anindita
Good to see you here. Peace out. :)
@ a fool such as i
Thanks for the kind words. New post soon. :)
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