The Collected Poems of Arthur Upson Author:Richard Burton Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ARLINGTON No tap of drum nor sound of any horn Shall call them now from this unbattled height, No more the picket dreads the traitor night, Nor would th... more »e marcher tired delay the morn. Fell some upon the field with victory torn From weakening grasp; and some before the fight, Doomed by slow fevers or the stray shot's spite; And some old wounds through quiet years have worn. And all are folded now so peacefully Within her breast whose glory was their dream — From her own bloody fields, from isles extreme, From the long tumult of the land and sea — Where lies the steel Potomac's jewelled stream Like the surrendered sword of Memory. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY (The first celebration in the new century) Earth, that hast countless aeons of swift days Spun from thy poles — and like a mote been swirled Fleet years about thy Master Orb — and hurled With all thy starry fellows into space Silent and irresistible on the face Of heavens and of heavens' heavens unfurled — And yet remainest our remembering world, Our kindly home and our familiar place, — Thou dost not fail, sweet, immemorial Earth, To number o'er thy sons that were thy kings; Chants royal raisest thou among the rings Celestial of old stars for their great worth Whose birth was not as is our common birth, But was foreplanned with elemental things. THE SEQUOIA, "WILLIAM McKINLEY" (CHRISTENED OCTOBER 21, 1901) He who in dying blessed the peaceful trees That lulled the slow grief of the lapsing year Towards tranquil death, is best remembered here. He leaves a name that shall make holier these Huge temple pillars where the organing breeze, Always at requiem, fills the atmosphere, And does to their eternal roof uprear Perpetual music of great memories. Men...« less