He is known to the sun-white Majesties
Who stand at the gates of dawn.
He is known to the cloud-borne company
Whose souls but late have gone.
Like wind-flung stars through lattice bars
They throng to greet their own,
With voice of flame they sound his name
Who died to us unknown.
He is hailed by the time-crowned brotherhood,
By the Dauntless of Marathon,
By Raymond, Godfrey and Lion Heart
Whose dreams he carried on.
His name they call through the heavenly hall
Unheard by earthly ear,
He is claimed by the famed in Arcady
Who knew no title here.
Oh faint was the lamp of Sirius
And dim was the Milky Way.
Oh far was the floor of Paradise
From the soil where the soldier lay.
Oh chill and stark was the crimson dark
Where huddled men lay deep;
His comrades all denied his call
Long had they lain in sleep.
Oh strange how the lamp of Sirius
Drops low to the dazzled eyes,
Oh strange how the steel-red battlefields
Are floors of Paradise.
Oh strange how the ground with never a sound
Swings open, tier on tier,
And standing there in the shining air
Are the friends he cherished here.
They are known to the sun-shod sentinels
Who circle the morning's door,
They are led by a cloud-bright company
Through paths unseen before.
Like blossoms blown, their souls have flown
Past war and reeking sod,
In the book unbound their names are found
They are known in the courts of God!
The Unknown Soldier
by Angela Morgan
3 comments:
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Hello O'Neill (nice, northern name),
Anyway, time to let off steam,
Do you know what the problem with the provos (or Sinn Fein/IRA as you like to call them) is?
Well, they are way too right wing. They are utterly bourgeois. They will do almost anything to wield a little power. In that stupid assembly? Why?
We have nobody. At least you guys have Johnny Adare, now he's a proper unionist, right wing through and through.
Where have all the republican socialists gone?
I despair.
B.T.W, if a load of returning heros from Iraq and Afghanistan were marching by my house, I'd shut the curtains. I'm f****** tolerant.
Anonymous,
Context?
graycrow,
I'm going to be charitable and assume you were on the pop before you let off steam there.
We have nobody. At least you guys have Johnny Adare, now he's a proper unionist, right wing through and through.
Where have all the republican socialists gone?
I despair.
Johnny Adair is a despicable waste of space who represents nobody but himself- the greatest day for the ordinary people of Shankill was when he was chased out of the country by his erstwhile *colleagues* several years ago*. Regarding the Republican socialists...I can name only one eamonn McCann who's a journalist as opposed to a politician. SF are believe in exactly the same brand of socialism as Mr Adair's.
* The only sad thing about the whole episode was that his two dogs were left behind, abandonned in the rush to get out and were seen walking round bewildered the streets the next day.
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