I Stood With The Dead
I stood with the Dead, so forsaken and still: When dawn was grey I stood with the Dead. And my slow heart said, "You must kill; you must kill: Soldier, soldier, morning is red." On the shapes of the slain in their crumpled disgrace I stared for a while through the thin cold rain.... "O lad that I loved, there is rain on your face, And your eyes are blurred and sick like the plain." I stood with the Dead.... They were dead; they were dead; My heart and my head beat a march of dismay; And gusts of the wind came dulled by the guns.... "Fall in!" I shouted; "Fall in for your pay!"
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"I stood with the Dead, so forsaken and still:..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Siegfried Loraine Sassoon delivers a powerful performance in "I Stood With The Dead"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...