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Alan Seeger Quotes

1888–1916 United States

Alan Seeger (22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the brother of Elizabeth Seeger, a children's author and educator, and Charles Seeger, an American pacifist and musicologist; he was also the uncle of folk musicians Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, and Mike Seeger.

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Be mindful of the men they were, and raise
Your glasses to them in one silent toast.

So die as though your funeral
Ushered you through the doors that led
Into a stately banquet hall
Where heroes banqueted.

From a boy
I gloated on existence. Earth to me
Seemed all-sufficient and my sojourn there
One trembling opportunity for joy.

At Earth's great market where Joy is trafficked in,
Buy while thy purse yet swells with golden Youth.

Under the little crosses where they rise
The soldier rests. Now round him undismayed
The cannon thunders, and at night he lies
At peace beneath the eternal fusillade.

I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes round with rustling shade
And apple blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair.

I Have a Rendezvous with Death (1917)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alan Seeger (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.