Percy Bysshe Shelley on Memorial Day
1792–1822 England
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The lone couch of his everlasting sleep.
War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight,
The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
Queen Mab (1813)
Stand ye calm and resolute,
Like a forest close and mute,
With folded arms and looks which are
Weapons of unvanquished war.
The Masque of Anarchy (1819)
O heart, and mind, and thoughts! what thing do you
Hope to inherit in the grave below?
First our pleasures die — and then
Our hopes, and then our fears — and when
These are dead, the debt is due,
Dust claims dust — and we die too.
Death (1820)
The babe is at peace within the womb,
The corpse is at rest within the tomb.
We begin in what we end.
Peace is in the grave.
The grave hides all things beautiful and good.
I am a God and cannot find it there,
Nor would I seek it; for, though dread revenge,
This is defeat, fierce king, not victory.