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Joaquin Miller on Memorial Day

1837–1913 United States

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Death is delightful. Death is dawn,
The waking from a weary night
Of fevers unto truth and light.

I count the columned waves at war
With Titan elements; and they,
In martial splendor, storm the bar
And shake the world, these bits of spray.

The Building of the City Beautiful (1905)

Attribution

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