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Quotes from The Bivouac of the Dead — Theodore O'Hara

1820–1867 United States

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Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's blight,
Nor Time's remorseless doom,
Shall dim one ray of glory's light
That gilds your deathless tomb.

The Bivouac of the Dead (1847)

Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground,
Ye must not slumber there,
Where stranger steps and tongues resound
Along the heedless air;
Your own proud land's heroic soil
Shall be your fitter grave;
She claims from war his richest spoil—
The ashes of her brave.

The Bivouac of the Dead (1847)

The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo;
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.

The Bivouac of the Dead (1847)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Theodore O'Hara (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.