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Poem
May 29, 1882
Lancaster Daily Intelligencer
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A commemorative poem for Decoration Day honoring fallen soldiers, describing their peaceful rest in death after wartime hardships, with the living decorating their graves with flowers and preserving their memory.
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DECORATION DAY.
Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest.
On this field of Grounded Arms,
Where foes no more molest,
Nor sentry's shot alarms!
Ye have slept on the ground before,
And started to your feet
At the cannon's sudden roar.
Or the drum's redoubling beat.
But in this camp of Death
No sound your slumber breaks;
Here is no fevered breath,
No wound that bleeds and aches.
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been—
The memory shall be ours.
—From an unpublished poem of Longfellow in June Atlantic.
Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest.
On this field of Grounded Arms,
Where foes no more molest,
Nor sentry's shot alarms!
Ye have slept on the ground before,
And started to your feet
At the cannon's sudden roar.
Or the drum's redoubling beat.
But in this camp of Death
No sound your slumber breaks;
Here is no fevered breath,
No wound that bleeds and aches.
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been—
The memory shall be ours.
—From an unpublished poem of Longfellow in June Atlantic.
What sub-type of article is it?
Elegy
What themes does it cover?
Death Mourning
War Military
Patriotism
What keywords are associated?
Decoration Day
Fallen Soldiers
Memorial Flowers
War Rest
Longfellow Poem
What entities or persons were involved?
Longfellow
Poem Details
Title
Decoration Day
Author
Longfellow
Subject
Decoration Day
Form / Style
Rhymed Quatrains
Key Lines
Sleep, Comrades, Sleep And Rest.
Your Silent Tents Of Green
We Deck With Fragrant Flowers;
Yours Has The Suffering Been—
The Memory Shall Be Ours.